HyperDic: edison

English > 1 sense of the word Edison:
NOUNperson Edison, Thomas Edison, Thomas Alva EdisonUnited States inventor
Edison > pronunciation
Soundseh'dihsahn
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English > Edison: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningUnited States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931).
SynonymsThomas Edison, Thomas Alva Edison
Instance ofinventor, discoverer, artificersomeone who is the first to think of or make something
SpanishEdison, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison
CatalanEdison, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison

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