Thomson (n.)

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

    [ Syn: thomson , virgil thomson , virgil garnett thomson ]

  2. United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)

    [ Syn: thomson , elihu thomson ]

  3. English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)

    [ Syn: thomson , george paget thomson , sir george paget thomson ]

  4. English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)

    [ Syn: thomson , joseph john thomson , sir joseph john thomson ]

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