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WILLIAM BRADFORD SHOCKLEY
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• WILLIAM BRADFORD SHOCKLEY (noun)
The noun WILLIAM BRADFORD SHOCKLEY has 1 sense:
1. United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)
Familiarity information: WILLIAM BRADFORD SHOCKLEY used as a noun is very rare.
• WILLIAM BRADFORD SHOCKLEY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Shockley; William Bradford Shockley; William Shockley
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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