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Definition of Thomson
1. Noun. United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989).
2. Noun. United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937).
3. Noun. English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975).
4. Noun. English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940).
Definition of Thomson
1. Proper noun. (surname British from=given names) ¹
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Literary usage of Thomson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"thomson, James, British professor of engineering: b. Belfast, 16 Feb. ... He was
a brother of William thomson, Lord Kelvin, and was graduated from the ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1898)
"Besides the works mentioned, thomson published: 1. 'The Choice,'a poem, ...
thomson died at Glasgow on 22 March 1875, leaving a widow and seven children. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"thomson himself seems (see his Bakerian Lecture, I. ep 706) to have ... Also,
since in a circuit of uniform temperature there are no thomson effects, ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"Joseph thomson was born on February 14, 1058, at Penpont, a small JOSEPH thomson.
village near Thornhill, in Dumfriesshire, the youngest of the five sons of ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1861)
"SAMUELL thomson. BENJAMIN thomson. Witnesses, Joseph Amali. Joseph Belcher.
Art a County Court held at Boston the 4ll> May 1667. This Agreement betweene M™ ..."
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