Appleton

American  

[ap-uhl-tuhn] / ˈæp əl tən /

noun

1. Sir Edward Victor, 1892–1965, British physicist: Nobel Prize 1947.

2. a city in E Wisconsin.

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Appleton British  

/ ˈæpəltən /

noun

1. Sir Edward ( Victor ). 1892–1965, English physicist, noted particularly for his research on the ionosphere: Nobel prize for physics 1947

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Example Sentences

"It's not about eating less sweet food to reduce obesity levels," Professor Appleton said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

Zak Gravunder, a longtime Appleton resident, bought his modest two-bedroom home in 2019 for $138,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Jason Brown, a manager at an Appleton hotel, recently bought a four-bedroom house with his partner for $305,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

She gave him her email address and began receiving regular messages from Mr Appleton from April 2022, Mr Patel said.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

The American Episcopal church, erected in 1850, at the expense of a wealthy merchant and ship-owner of Boston named Appleton, at a cost of 6000 dollars, already numbers eighty converts.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von