Watson

/ˈwɑtsən/
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Other forms: Watsons

Definitions of Watson
  1. noun
    United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
    synonyms: Thomas Augustus Watson
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    example of:
    applied scientist, engineer, technologist
    a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
  2. noun
    United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958)
    synonyms: John Broadus Watson
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    example of:
    psychologist
    a scientist trained in psychology
  3. noun
    United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928)
    synonyms: James Dewey Watson, James Watson
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    example of:
    geneticist
    a biologist who specializes in genetics
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