Edison

[ ed-uh-suh n ]

/ ˈɛd ə sən /

noun

Thomas Al·va

[al-vuh] /ˈæl və/,1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.

a township in central New Jersey.

Example sentences from the Web for edison

And he would transform the electronics market that Edison had helped forge.

From Edison to Jobs |The Daily Beast |September 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For Edison, electricity was the fuel that powered a series of innovations.

From Edison to Jobs |The Daily Beast |September 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Steve Jobs performed a similar feat at Apple, more than a century after Edison worked his magic.

From Edison to Jobs |The Daily Beast |September 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And so, in a lesser-known breakthrough, Edison went on to build the first electrical power station and system.

From Edison to Jobs |The Daily Beast |September 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

I need only show you Edison, NJ and Fremont, CA as prime examples of this fact.

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As the train left Detroit one morning, Edison, as usual, went back into the first-class coach with the morning papers.

"Say Fellows--" |Wade C. Smith
It is needless to say that witnessing the ordinary slow and costly procedure would put Edison on his mettle.

Edison, His Life and Inventions |Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Now let us see what takes place in the Edison alkaline storage battery.

ABC of Electricity |William Henry Meadowcroft
The wanderings led to the old ore-milling plant at Edison, now practically a mass of deserted buildings all going to decay.

Edison, His Life and Inventions |Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Of regular schooling, young Edison had but two months in his life.

Inventors |Philip Gengembre Hubert

British Dictionary definitions for edison

Edison

/ (ˈɛdɪsən) /

noun

Thomas Alva. 1847–1931, US inventor. He patented more than a thousand inventions, including the phonograph, the incandescent electric lamp, the microphone, and the kinetoscope

Scientific definitions for edison

Edison

[ ĕd′ĭ-sən ]

Thomas Alva 1847-1931

American inventor and physicist who took out more than 1,000 patents in his lifetime. His inventions include the telegraph (1869), microphone (1877), and light bulb (1879). He also designed the first power plant (1881-82), making possible the widespread distribution of electricity. During World War I, Edison worked on a number of military devices, including flamethrowers, periscopes, and torpedoes.

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