thompson has definitions from the fields of physics,archeology,anthropology
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17
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[ noun ] (archeology,anthropology) United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

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archeologist

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[ noun ] (physics) English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)

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physicist

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