Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thompson"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Thompson
n 1: United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted
for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora
(1906-2000) [syn: {Thompson}, {Homer Thompson}, {Homer
A. Thompson}, {Homer Armstrong Thompson}]
2: English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and
friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by
moving particles (1753-1814) [syn: {Thompson}, {Benjamin
Thompson}, {Count Rumford}]
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