Thomson
Patronymic family name
Thomson is a Scottish surname meaning "son of Thom" (a form of Thomas), and one of several common spellings alongside Thompson.
Notable bearers include physicist J.J.
Thomson, who discovered the electron, and his son G.P.
Thomson, who demonstrated electron diffraction.
The name appears in various company names and place names throughout English-speaking countries.
Negative subatomic particle
- cathode raysElectrons emitted from negative electrode
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
- atomic structureInternal composition of atoms
isotopes · mass spectrometry · corpuscles · atomic theory · knighthood · Trinity College
Related people together
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
heritage · kinship · patronymic · descendants · bloodline · relatives · kindred · Scottish
Reports of recent events
- mediaInformation distribution channels
- informationKnowledge about something
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
- financial dataNumerical monetary information
journalism · corporation · business · agency · content · analytics
Theoretical minimum temperature
- Kelvin scaleTemperature from absolute zero
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- coolingLosing thermal energy
cryogenics · throttling · enthalpy · liquefaction · heat transfer
electron
Negative subatomic particle
- cathode raysElectrons emitted from negative electrode
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
atomic structure · isotopes · mass spectrometry · corpuscles · atomic theory · knighthood · Trinity College
family
Related people together
lineage · heritage · kinship · patronymic · descendants · bloodline · relatives · kindred · Scottish · spelling
news
Reports of recent events
- mediaInformation distribution channels
- informationKnowledge about something
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
financial data · journalism · corporation · business · agency · content · analytics
absolute zero
Theoretical minimum temperature
- Kelvin scaleTemperature from absolute zero
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
cooling · cryogenics · throttling · enthalpy · liquefaction · heat transfer
- British AuthorsCharles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl
- 18th Century WritersVoltaire, Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Goldsmith
- Australian RiversMurray, Snowy, Hunter, Fitzroy, Swan
- EthicistsAristotle, Kant, Immanuel Kant, Bentham, Mill
- Scottish heritageScottish clans, highland clans, Campbell, MacDonald, Stewart
- SingaporeCBD, PAP, National Day, hawker, multiracialism