Stevens

[stee-vuhnz]

noun

1. Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.

2. George (Cooper), 1905–75, U.S. film director.

3. John Cox 1749–1838, and his son Robert Livingston, 1787–1856, U.S. engineers and inventors.

4. John Paul, 1920–2019, U.S. jurist: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1975–2010.

5. Nettie Marie 1861–1912, U.S. cytogeneticist.

6. Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. abolitionist and political leader.

7. Wallace, 1879–1955, U.S. poet.

Stevens

/ ˈstiːvənz /

noun

1. Thaddeus (ˈθædɪəs). 1792–1868, US Radical Republican politician. An opponent of slavery, he supported Reconstruction and entered the resolution calling for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

2. Wallace. 1879–1955, US poet, whose books include the collections Harmonium (1923), The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), and Transport to Summer (1947)

Stevens

1. American biologist who identified the role of X and Y chromosomes in determining the sex of an organism. Stevens studied the chromosomes of mealworm beetles, first establishing that chromosomes are inherited in pairs. She later showed that eggs fertilized by X-carrying sperm produced female offspring, while Y-carrying sperm produced male offspring. She extended this work to studies of sex determination in various plants and insects.

Example Sentences

Reacting to the police decision, Neil Stevens said he was "greatly relieved".

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“This thing impacts people differently and it can change hour by hour,” Stevens said.

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"Being able to measure these tiny vascular pulses in vivo is a critical step forward," said Arthur W. Toga, PhD, director of the Stevens INI.

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Two moms and two boys — “Even Stevens,” the boys liked to say.

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She was in a projection room at the Warner Bros. lot with other cast members when director George Stevens “stood up and all the light drained out of him,” Baker told The Times in 1996.

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