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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley