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/'ɛdɪsən/

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noun
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
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thomson United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)
kinetoscope a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture
elihu thomson United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937)