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CHARLES THOMSON REES WILSON

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CHARLES THOMSON REES WILSON (noun)
  The noun CHARLES THOMSON REES WILSON has 1 sense:

1. Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)

  Familiarity information: CHARLES THOMSON REES WILSON used as a noun is very rare.


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CHARLES THOMSON REES WILSON (noun)


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Meaning:

Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson; Wilson

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)


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