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)

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

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Thomson , Joseph John Thomson , Sir Joseph John Thomson , George Paget Thomson , Sir George Paget Thomson , Elihu Thomson , Virgil Thomson , Virgil Garnett Thomson