Thomas Alva Edison

Definitions of Thomas Alva Edison
  1. noun
    United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
    synonyms: Edison, Thomas Edison
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    artificer, discoverer, inventor
    someone who is the first to think of or make something
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