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Shockley

American  
[shok-lee] / ˈʃɒk li /

noun

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


Shockley British  
/ ˈʃɒklɪ /

noun

  1. 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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Shockley Scientific  
/ shŏklē /
  1. 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.


Example Sentences

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“They are getting more aggressive in income management,” Shockley said.

From MarketWatch

People make their insurance decisions based on how they expect to use their healthcare next year, which is tough because it’s impossible to forecast healthcare needs, said Drew Shockley, co-founder of health-insurance-planning firm Move Health.

From MarketWatch

Floyd W. Shockley, collections manager of the Department of Entomology at the Smithsonian Institute, said the blue-eyed cicada is rare, but just how rare is uncertain.

From Seattle Times

For a brief several weeks, some residents of central Illinois will be able to hear all seven species of cicada in a single day, according to Shockley.

From Salon

“That was a very wealthy neighborhood. A lot of great things were taken down,” said Dave Shockley, executive director of the Spokane Preservation Advocates.

From Seattle Times