Associations to the word «Thomson»

Wiktionary

THOMSON, proper noun. A British surname​.
THOMSON PROCESS, proper noun. A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal.

Dictionary definition

THOMSON, noun. United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989).
THOMSON, noun. United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937).
THOMSON, noun. English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975).
THOMSON, 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).

Wise words

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