william shockley

1. 1.

   United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)

   SynonymsShockleyWilliam Bradford Shockley

   Broaderphysicist

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What does william shockley mean?

william shockley means "United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)".

What is another word for william shockley?

Close synonyms include Shockley, William Bradford Shockley. 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 william shockley a common word?

william shockley 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.