COMPTON

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• COMPTON (noun)
  The noun COMPTON has 1 sense:

1. United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962)

  Familiarity information: COMPTON used as a noun is very rare.

• COMPTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Arthur Compton; Arthur Holly Compton; Compton

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

 Context examples 

Now, at Sotherton we have a good seven hundred, without reckoning the water meadows; so that I think, if so much could be done at Compton, we need not despair.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I wish you could see Compton, said he; it is the most complete thing!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)