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Sir Joseph John Thomson

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Noun

1. joseph john thomson, sir joseph john thomson, thomson

English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)

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Sir Joseph John Thomson

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British physicist who discovered the electron. He won a 1906 Nobel Prize for his investigations on the electrical conductivity of gases.

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