“Thomson's”

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Thomson's gazelle

noun

: a small gazelle (Gazella thomsonii) of eastern Africa that is tan above and white below with a broad black stripe on each side

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Thomson's hypothesis

noun

: a theory in physics: an atom consists of a large number of electrons held together by a mass with a positive charge equal to the sum of the negative charges of the electrons

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