[ed-uh-suhn] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Thomas Al·va
[al-vuh] Pronunciation Key, 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, esp. of electrical devices. |
| 2. | a township in central New Jersey. 70,193. |
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| Ed·i·son
(ěd'ĭ-sən) Pronunciation Key
A community of central New Jersey northeast of New Brunswick. It is mainly residential. Population: 100,000. |
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| Edison, Thomas Alva 1847-1931.
American inventor who patented more than a thousand inventions, among them the microphone (1877), the phonograph (1878), and an incandescent lamp (1879). In New York City he installed the world's first central electric power plant (1881-1882). |
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| edison | |
noun | |
| United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) |
| Edison
(ěd'ĭ-sən) Pronunciation Key
American inventor and physicist who took out more than 1,000 patents in his lifetime. His inventions include the telegraph (1869), microphone (1877), and light bulb (1879). He also designed the first power plant (1881-82), making possible the widespread distribution of electricity. During World War I, Edison worked on a number of military devices, including flamethrowers, periscopes, and torpedoes. |
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Edison
1. (Named after the American inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931))
A simplified Pascal by Per Brinch Hansen with modules and concurrency (cobegin/coend).
["Edison - A Multiprocessor Language", P. Brinch Hansen, CS Dept, USC, Sep 1980].
["Programming a Personal Computer", Brinch Hansen, P-H 1977].
2. A language which adds an OPS5-like rete-based production system system to C. It is implemented as a C preprocessor.
["Edison, A Unix and C Friendly Rete Based Production System", B. Thirion, SIGPLAN Notices 27(1):75-84 (Jan 1992)].
(1994-12-08)
Edison, NJ (CDP, FIPS 20260) Location: 40.52877 N, 74.36929 W
Population (1990): 88680 (32832 housing units)
Area: 78.2 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 08817, 08820, 08837
Edison, GA (city, FIPS 26448) Location: 31.56072 N, 84.73807 W
Population (1990): 1182 (482 housing units)
Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 31746
Edison, NE (village, FIPS 14520) Location: 40.27759 N, 99.77569 W
Population (1990): 148 (104 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68936
Edison, OH (village, FIPS 24598) Location: 40.55806 N, 82.86355 W
Population (1990): 488 (163 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43320
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