thomson

/tˈɑmsən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

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

Synonyms for thomson

• Virgil Thomson
• Virgil Garnett Thomson
• Elihu Thomson
• George Paget Thomson
• Sir George Paget Thomson
• Joseph John Thomson
• Sir Joseph John Thomson

Words that rhyme with thomson

• thomsen
• tomson