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THOMAS EDISON
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• THOMAS EDISON (noun)
The noun THOMAS EDISON has 1 sense:
1. United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
Familiarity information: THOMAS EDISON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edison; Thomas Alva Edison; Thomas Edison
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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"The deserter is the brother of the murderer." (Arabic proverb)
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