COMPTON as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy
   • his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962)
   Synonym(s)
   • Arthur Compton (what does Arthur Compton mean?)
   • Arthur Holly Compton (what does Arthur Holly Compton mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Compton is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nuclear physicist (what does nuclear physicist mean?)