Stevens
[ stee-vuh nz ]
/ ˈsti vənz /
noun
Definition for stevens (2 of 2)
Steven
[ stee-vuh n ]
/ ˈsti vən /
noun
a male given name.
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British Dictionary definitions for stevens
Stevens
/ (ˈstiːvənz) /
noun
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
Wallace. 1879–1955, US poet, whose books include the collections Harmonium (1923), The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), and Transport to Summer (1947)
Scientific definitions for stevens
Stevens
[ stē′vənz ]
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.
Idioms and Phrases with stevens
steven
see even-steven.