Thomson
Encyclopedia
People
- Thomson (surname)Thomson (surname)Thomson is an English and Scottish patronymic surname meaning "son of Thom, Thomp, Thompkin, or other diminutive of Thomas", itself dervied from the Aramaic תום or Tôm, meaning "twin". The Welsh surname is documented in Cheshire records before and after the 1066 Norman Conquest. Variations...
, includes a list of people with this name and a description of its origin
Science
- thomson (unit)Thomson (unit)The thomson is a unit that has appeared infrequently in scientific literature relating to the field of mass spectrometry as a unit of mass-to-charge ratio. The unit was proposed by Cooks and Rockwood naming it in honour of J. J...
, a unit for mass-to-charge ratio, symbol: Th; named in honor of J. J. Thomson - Thomson effect, named for William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, which is the heating or cooling of a current-carrying conductor when a temperature gradient is present
- Joule–Thomson effectJoule–Thomson effectIn thermodynamics, the Joule–Thomson effect or Joule–Kelvin effect or Kelvin–Joule effect describes the temperature change of a gas or liquid when it is forced through a valve or porous plug while kept insulated so that no heat is exchanged with the environment. This procedure is called a...
, named after James Prescott JouleJames Prescott JouleJames Prescott Joule FRS was an English physicist and brewer, born in Salford, Lancashire. Joule studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work . This led to the theory of conservation of energy, which led to the development of the first law of thermodynamics. The...
and William Thomson, which explains the temperature change of a fluid when allowed to pass through a porous plug with the system kept thermally insulated - Thomson's gazelleThomson's GazelleThe Thomson's gazelle is one of the best-known gazelles. It is named after explorer Joseph Thomson and, as a result, is sometimes referred to as a "tommie"...
, a species of gazelle
Places
Australia- Thomson River (Queensland)Thomson River (Queensland)The Thomson River is situated in western Queensland, Australia, and forms part of the Lake Eyre Basin. The river was named by the explorer, Edmund Kennedy, in the 1840s....
- Thomson River (Victoria)Thomson River (Victoria)The Thomson River is a river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It starts below Newlands at the north western end of the Baw Baw Plateau at an elevation of 972 m, where it shares a watershed with the Yarra River and Tanjil River, and ends at an elevation of 1.55 m merging with the Latrobe River...
- Thomson, VictoriaThomson, VictoriaThomson is a small residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Thomson is triangular in shape and is bounded in the west by Breakwater Road, Carr Street and St Albans Road, in the north by Lomond Terrace, Godfrey and Ensby Streets, and in the east by Ormond and Boundary Roads.Thomson was...
a suburb of Geelong
Canada
- David and Mary Thomson Collegiate InstituteDavid and Mary Thomson Collegiate InstituteDavid and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute is an English-language high school located in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History:David and Mary Thomson C.I. was opened in September, 1959. This school is located in the heart of historical Scarborough. It was named after Scarborough's first...
, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario
Singapore
- Thomson, SingaporeThomson, SingaporeThomson is a relatively narrow area stretching from Novena in the Central Region of Singapore up north till Yishun. The area is mainly located within the central catchment area where some of Singapore's reservoirs are located, including MacRitchie Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir and Lower Peirce...
- Thomson MRT LineThomson MRT LineThe Thomson Line will be the sixth Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and is currently under planning and evaluation. It will be a fully automatic and driverless system, similar to its three predecessors, and will be completely underground. Announcement of station locations is expected in...
, a mass transit line
- Thomson MRT Line
United States
- Thomson, GeorgiaThomson, GeorgiaThomson, incorporated February 15, 1854, is a city in McDuffie County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,828 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of McDuffie County. Thomson's nickname is "The Camellia City of the South", in honor of the thousands of camellia plants...
- Thomson, IllinoisThomson, IllinoisThomson is a village along Illinois Route 84 near the Mississippi River in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 590 at the 2010 census, up from 559 at the 2000 census...
- Thomson, MinnesotaThomson, MinnesotaThomson is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, USA, along the St. Louis River. The population was 159 at the 2010 census.Thomson is adjacent to Jay Cooke State Park and is located on the Willard Munger State Trail....
Business
- The Thomson Corporation, a Canadian-based information services company
- Thomson ReutersThomson ReutersThomson Reuters Corporation is a provider of information for the world's businesses and professionals and is created by the Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters Group on 17 April 2008. Thomson Reuters is headquartered at 3 Times Square, New York City, USA...
, a media company created by The Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters on 17 April, 2008
- Thomson Reuters
- Thomson-CSFThomson-CSFThomson-CSF was a major electronics and defence contractor. In December 2000 it was renamed Thales Group.-History:In 1879 Elihu Thomson and Edwin Houston formed the Thomson-Houston Electric Company in the United States....
, former name for the company Thales Group - Thomson LocalThomson LocalThomson Local is a local business telephone directory published in the United Kingdom by Thomson Directories Ltd., from its head office in Thomson House, Farnborough, Hampshire)...
, the UK business directory published by Thomson DirectoriesThomson DirectoriesThomson Directories, more commonly referred to as Thomson Local is a local business search company based in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. They are a subsidiary of Seat Pagine Gialle, and a competitor to the Yellow Pages.... - Thomson SAThomson SATechnicolor SA , formerly Thomson SA and Thomson Multimedia, is a French international provider of solutions for the creation, management, post-production, delivery and access of video, for the Communication, Media and Entertainment industries. Technicolor’s headquarters are located in Issy les...
, formerly known as Thomson Multimedia, a French electronics manufacturer and media services provider- Thomson MO5Thomson MO5The Thomson MO5 was a 6809E-based computer introduced in France in 1984. It featured 32 KB of RAM, a 40×25 text display, and built-in Microsoft BASIC. The MO5 was replaced by the MO6 in 1986.-External links:...
and MO6, TO7Thomson TO7The Thomson TO7 is a home computer introduced by Thomson SA in November 1982.The TO7 is built around a 1 MHz Motorola 6809 processor. ROM cartridges, designed as MEMO7, can be introduced through a memory bay. The user interface uses Microsoft BASIC, included in the kit cartridge. The keyboard...
, TO8 and TO9, microcomputers by Thomson SA in the 1980s
- Thomson MO5
- Various businesses of TUI AGTUI AGTUI AG is a German multinational travel and tourism company headquartered in Hanover. Until 2001 it was an industrial and transportation company named Preussag AG, which in the mid-1990s decided to reinvent itself as a tourism, shipping, and logistics company...
:- Thomson HolidaysThomson HolidaysThomson Holidays is a UK based travel operator and part of TUI Travel PLC. The company was founded as part of the Thomson Travel Group in 1965 following the acquisition of three package holiday travel agencies and the airline Britannia Airways by Roy Thomson...
, a UK-based travel company founded by the Thomson Corporation in 1965; now a subsidiary of TUI UK - ThomsonflyThomsonflyThomsonfly was a British airline, previously known as Britannia and a business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. Following TUI UK merging with First Choice Holidays in September 2007 it became part of TUI Travel PLC...
, a UK airline, part of TUI AG, formerly Britannia Airways - Thomson AirwaysThomson AirwaysThomson Airways is the world's largest charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the UK to destinations across Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. The company commenced operations on 1 November 2008, following the merger and subsequent re-branding of Thomsonfly and First...
, a UK airline formed from the merger of Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways
- Thomson Holidays
See also
- Thompson (disambiguation)
- ThomsenThomsenThomsen is a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Tom ", itself derived from the Aramaic תום or Tôm, meaning "twin". There are many varied surname spellings, with the first historical record believed to be found in 1252...
- Thomason (disambiguation)