Edison

American  

[ed-uh-suhn] / ˈɛd ə sən /

noun

1. Thomas Alva 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.

2. a township in central New Jersey.

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Edison British  

/ ˈɛdɪsən /

noun

1. Thomas Alva. 1847–1931, US inventor. He patented more than a thousand inventions, including the phonograph, the incandescent electric lamp, the microphone, and the kinetoscope

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Edison Scientific  

/ ĕd′ĭ-sən /

1. American inventor and physicist who took out more than 1,000 patents in his lifetime. His inventions include the telegraph (1869), microphone (1877), and light bulb (1879). He also designed the first power plant (1881–82), making possible the widespread distribution of electricity. During World War I, Edison worked on a number of military devices, including flamethrowers, periscopes, and torpedoes.

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Example Sentences

A semester later, he was at Edison and a month and a half after that, at Chaminade-Madonna in Hollywood.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The suit also says Southern California Edison erred because its utility equipment blocked visibility, preventing Hinkley from seeing the fast-approaching law enforcement vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Riverside County, Southern California Edison, American Medical Response of Southern California and the cities of Calimesa and Beaumont are also named as defendants in the suit filed May 7 in Riverside County Superior Court.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Fiber-optic cables made by the company, which once manufactured lightbulbs for Thomas Edison, have become the preferred connectors for many hyperscalers, a reversal for a product that lost money for two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He is sometimes called the Edison of the Internet.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell