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English noun: Thompson

1. Thompson (person) United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)


SynonymsHomer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson, Homer Thompson


Instance hypernymarchaeologist, archeologist

2. Thompson (person) English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)


SynonymsBenjamin Thompson, Count Rumford


Instance hypernymphysicist









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