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WILLIAM SHOCKLEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989)
Synonyms:
Shockley; William Bradford Shockley; William Shockley
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Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)