1. British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907); [syn: Kelvin, First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
William Thompson
n 1: British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of
temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
[syn: Kelvin, First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson]