Shockley

[ shok-lee ]

/ ˈʃɒk li /

noun

William Bradford,1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.

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Examples from the Web for shockley

But when Shockley talked Callahan always listened, and when he asked for a new switchman he got him.
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Shockley, breathing a good bit quicker, only steadied himself against the bar.
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Oh, that would be bad for your voice, my dear Mr. Shockley, as we say on a letter head.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone|Frederic Remington
"Throw your cannon into the stove, Reynolds, you won't need it," suggested Shockley.
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Reynolds looked around into a pistol; behind it stood Shockley, pleasant.
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British Dictionary definitions for shockley

Shockley

/ (ˈʃɒklɪ) /

noun

William Bradfield. 1910–89, US physicist, born in Britain, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1956) with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain for developing the transistor. He also held controversial views on the connection between race and intelligence

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Science definitions for shockley

Shockley

[ shŏk′lē ]

William Bradford 1910-1989

American physicist who, with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, invented the transistor in 1947. For this work, all three shared the Nobel Prize for physics in 1956. Shockley went on to make improvements to the transistor that made it easier to manufacture.