APPLETON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Appleton mean? 

• APPLETON (noun)
  The noun APPLETON has 2 senses:

1. English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)

2. a town in eastern Wisconsin

  Familiarity information: APPLETON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPLETON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Appleton; Edward Appleton; Sir Edward Victor Appleton

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A town in eastern Wisconsin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Appleton" is a part of...):

Badger State; WI; Wis.; Wisc.; Wisconsin (a midwestern state in north central United States)