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Da•vis•son n.

Biographical Clinton Joseph, 1881–1958, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1937.

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Davisson / ˈdeɪvɪsən/

Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937

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Davisson-Germer experiment

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