THOMSON

Thomson, Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John 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)

Thomson, George Paget Thomson, Sir George Paget Thomson

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

Thomson, Elihu Thomson

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

Thomson, Virgil Thomson, Virgil Garnett Thomson

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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