thomson   (TTS Sound)

The noun thomson has 4 senses

• Thomson, Virgil Thomson, Virgil Garnett Thomson -- (United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989))


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


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


• Thomson, Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson -- (English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940))