thomas edison

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   United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)

   SynonymsEdisonThomas Alva Edison

   Broaderinventor

Questions about thomas edison

What does thomas edison mean?

thomas edison means "United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)".

What is another word for thomas edison?

Close synonyms include Edison, Thomas Alva Edison. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thomas edison a common word?

thomas edison is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.