Definition of Thomson

1. Noun. United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989).

Exact synonyms: Virgil Garnett Thomson, Virgil Thomson
Generic synonyms: Composer

2. Noun. United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937).
Exact synonyms: Elihu Thomson
Generic synonyms: Electrical Engineer

3. Noun. English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975).
Exact synonyms: George Paget Thomson, Sir George Paget Thomson
Generic synonyms: Physicist

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).
Exact synonyms: Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson
Generic synonyms: Physicist

Definition of Thomson

1. Proper noun. (surname British from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thomson

Thomite
Thomites
Thomlinson
Thomomys
Thomomys bottae
Thomomys talpoides
Thompsett
Thompson
Thompson's test
Thompson Seedless
Thompson submachine gun
Thompson submachine guns
Thomsett
Thomson (current term)
Thomson's disease
Thomson's gazelle
Thomson's sign
Thomson scattering
Thomsonian
Thomsonianism
Thomsonians
Thomæan
Thor
Thor's beard
Thor's hammer
Thor Hyerdahl
Thora
Thorazine

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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