thomson (Meaning)
thomson (n)
United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)
United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)
English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
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thomson Sentence Examples
- Thomson's discovery of the electron revolutionized our understanding of matter.
- The Thomson effect describes the generation of a voltage across a conductor when heat is applied.
- The Thomson cycle is a thermodynamic cycle used in refrigeration and air conditioning.
- James Thomson, Lord Kelvin, proposed the absolute temperature scale.
- The Thomson scattering experiment provided crucial evidence for the electromagnetic nature of light.
- The Thomson model of the atom pictured electrons embedded in a positively charged sphere.
- The Thomson mass spectrometer measures the mass-to-charge ratio of ions.
- The Thomson-Tamm effect describes the loss of energy by a charged particle passing through matter.
- The Thomson-Whiddington law governs the scattering of charged particles at high energies.
- Thomson's equations relate the electric and magnetic fields around a charged particle.
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United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989), United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with T
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Thomson's discovery of the electron revolutionized our understanding of matter.
The Thomson effect describes the generation of a voltage across a conductor when heat is applied.
The Thomson cycle is a thermodynamic cycle used in refrigeration and air conditioning.
James Thomson, Lord Kelvin, proposed the absolute temperature scale.
