Definition of Shockley

1. Noun. United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989).

Exact synonyms: William Bradford Shockley, William Shockley
Generic synonyms: Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shockley

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Shirodkar operation
Shirshak
Shiva
Shivaism
Shivaist
Shivaists
Shivite
Shivites
Shizuoka
Shloime
Shlomo
Shoah
Shoahs
Shockley (current term)
Sholem Asch
Sholom Asch
Shona
Shone's anomaly
Shone's complex
Shone's syndrome
Shoop
Shope fibroma
Shope fibroma virus
Shope papilloma
Shope papilloma virus
Shor
Shor's algorithm
Shore

Literary usage of Shockley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in by E. Polk Johnson, Lewis Publishing Company (1912)
"William H. Shockley, Sr., was one of the most substantial citizens in ... James B. Shockley, grandfather of John Wesley Shockley, was born on' the i6th of ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1910)
"Shockley, . . 274 The Wilfley Table, II. By ROBERT H. RICHARDS 303 The Future Gold-Output of Colombia. ..."

3. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"By WILLIAM H. Shockley Mem. Min. & Met. Soc. of America, Mem. Inst. Min. & Met. of London, Mem. AIME, FRGS Palo Alto, Calif., USA INTRODUCTION. ..."

4. Poets and Poetry of Indiana: A Representative Collection of the Poetry of by Benjamin Strattan Parker (1900)
"JOHN W. Shockley. ONCE, yearly, as earth coasts the rim Of wide celestial seas, We hail the shores of Dreamland dim, Whence many a summer breeze With ..."

5. L.R.A. as Authorities: Including the Citations of Each Case as Precedent, (1 by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court (1914)
"Shockley, 64 LRA 538, which holds property owner not liable for injuriée to traveler due to obstructions placed by an independent contractor in front of his ..."

6. The Delaware State Directory and Gazetteer (1874)
"Shockley, Charles Shockley, Charles of J. Shockley, ... Elias Shockley, James M. Shockley, Jesse Shockley, John Shockley, Joseph H. Shockley, ..."

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