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Walton
[ wawl-tn ]
noun
- Ernest Thomas Sin·ton [sin, -tn], 1903–95, Irish physicist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- · [ahy, -z, uh, k], 1593–1683, English writer.
- Samuel Moore Sam, 1918–92, U.S. business executive and founder of Wal-Mart Stores.
- Sir William (Turner), 1902–83, English composer.
Walton
/ ˈɔːə /
noun
- WaltonErnest Thomas Sinton19031995MIrishSCIENCE: physicist Ernest Thomas Sinton. 1903–95, Irish physicist. He succeeded in producing the first artificial transmutation of an atomic nucleus (1932) with Sir John Cockcroft, with whom he shared the Nobel prize for physics 1951
- WaltonIzaak15931683MEnglishWRITING: writer Izaak (ˈaɪzək). 1593–1683, English writer, best known for The Compleat Angler (1653; enlarged 1676)
- WaltonSir William (Turner)19021983MEnglishMUSIC: composer Sir William ( Turner ). 1902–83, English composer. His works include ç (1923), a setting of satirical verses by Edith Sitwell, the Viola Concerto (1929), and the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast (1931)
Walton
- Irish physicist who, with John Cockcroft, was the first to successfully split an atom using a particle accelerator in 1932. For this work they shared the 1951 Nobel Prize for physics.
Other Word Forms
- ²·ٴ·Ծ· [wawl-, toh, -nee-, uh, n], noun adjective
Example Sentences
One of the charges referred to a "gunfight" in a residential street in Walton, Liverpool.
His grandson, Colorado resident Tyler Walton, found @Not_EV_Altadena when he was scrolling on Instagram earlier this year.
The actor spoke about the response to Chelsea’s fate in the finale, her relationship with Saxon and how she and Walton Goggins imagined their characters met.
It was me lying on the ground with blood all over me and Walton crying on top of me.
"It's the sound of money!" says a smiling Phillip Walton as he surveys the shipping container with 120 computers busily crunching through complex calculations that verify bitcoin transactions.
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