Thomson - Definition

n 1: United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein
(1896-1989) [syn: Thomson, Virgil Thomson, Virgil
Garnett Thomson]
2: United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in
1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937) [syn:
Thomson, Elihu Thomson]
3: English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-
discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals
(1892-1975) [syn: Thomson, George Paget Thomson, Sir
George Paget Thomson]
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) [syn: Thomson,
Joseph John Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson]