Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thomson

4 senses of thomson

Sense 1
Thomson, Virgil Thomson, Virgil Garnett Thomson -- (United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989))
       INSTANCE OF=> composer -- (someone who composes music as a profession)

Sense 2
Thomson, Elihu Thomson -- (United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937))
       INSTANCE OF=> electrical engineer -- (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)

Sense 3
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))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 4
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))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)