Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thomson"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Thomson
n 1: United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in
1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)
[syn: {Thomson}, {Elihu Thomson}]
2: English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who
co-discovered the diffraction of electrons by crystals
(1892-1975) [syn: {Thomson}, {George Paget Thomson}, {Sir
George Paget Thomson}]
3: English physicist who experimented with the conduction of
electricity through gases and who discovered the electron
and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940) [syn: {Thomson},
{Joseph John Thomson}, {Sir Joseph John Thomson}]
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