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thomson

noun

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  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).