Walton

American  

[wawl-tn] / ˈwɔl tn /

noun

1. Ernest Thomas Sinton 1903–95, Irish physicist: Nobel Prize 1951.

2. Izaak 1593–1683, English writer.

3. Samuel Moore Sam, 1918–92, U.S. business executive and founder of Wal-Mart Stores.

4. Sir William (Turner), 1902–83, English composer.

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Walton British  

/ ˈwɔːltən /

noun

1. 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

2. Izaak (ˈaɪzək). 1593–1683, English writer, best known for The Compleat Angler (1653; enlarged 1676)

3. Sir William ( Turner ). 1902–83, English composer. His works include Façade (1923), a setting of satirical verses by Edith Sitwell, the Viola Concerto (1929), and the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast (1931)

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Walton Scientific  

/ wôl′tən /

1. 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.

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Other Word Forms

• Waltonian
  noun

Example Sentences

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Walton

Walton says filming can take him away for six months, while preparing to fight demands an eight-week camp and complete focus.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Walton went on to appear in Amazon drama Utopia and Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, and even found himself working alongside the man behind cinema's most famous boxer Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, in Samaritan.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

From its earliest days, Home Depot distributed equity widely into the hands of its store employees, a radical idea in retail that the founders borrowed from Sam Walton and Walmart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Dr Jules Walton, chief medical officer at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, offered David's family "our sincere and unreserved apology" and accepted there had been failings in his care.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

When Mrs. Walton and I get to the register, our items ring up but don’t even hit the full two hundred.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles