Thomson may refer to:

Names

Thomson (surname) Thomson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Thom, Thomp, Thompkin, or other diminutive of Thomas (surname), Thomas", itself derived from the Aramaic תום or ''Tôm'', meaning "twin". The surname is documented in Cheshire records before and a ...

, a list of people with this name and a description of its origin *

Thomson baronets There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson (see also Thompson baronets), one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The Thomson Baronetcy, of Duddingston in Edinburg ...

, four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson

Businesses and organizations

SGS-Thomson Microelectronics STMicroelectronics N.V. commonly referred as ST or STMicro is a Dutch multinational corporation and technology company of French-Italian origin headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates near Geneva, Switzerland and listed on the French stock market. ST ...

, a electronics manufacturer * Various travel subsidiaries of

TUI Group TUI Group is a German leisure, travel and tourism company. TUI is an acronym for ''Touristik Union International'' ("Tourism Union International"). TUI AG was known as Preussag AG until 1997 when the company changed its activities from mining to ...

: **

Thomson Airways Thomson may refer to: Names * Thomson (surname), a list of people with this name and a description of its origin * Thomson baronets, four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson Businesses and organizations * SGS-Thomson Mic ...

(now TUI Airways), a UK-based airline ** Thomson Cruises (now

Marella Cruises Marella Cruises (formerly Thomson Cruises) is a British cruise line operated by TUI UK, offering cruise holidays around Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. History The company had initially entered the cruise market in 1973, but due to rising fue ...

), a UK-based cruise line ** Thomson Holidays (now

TUI UK TUI Group is a German leisure, travel and tourism company. TUI is an acronym for ''Touristik Union International'' ("Tourism Union International"). TUI AG was known as Preussag AG until 1997 when the company changed its activities from mining to ...

), a UK-based travel company **

Thomsonfly Thomsonfly was a British charter and scheduled airline. Thomsonfly was the first stage of TUI AG's plans to expand its business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. After TUI UK merged with First Choice Holidays in September 2007, it beca ...

, a former UK airline, formerly Britannia Airways *

Thomson Directories Thomson Directories, more commonly referred to as Thomson Local, is a local business directory company based in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, and offers business listings both in print and online following the launch of ThomsonLocal.com in 2003 ...

, local business search company and publisher of: **

Thomson Local Thomson Local is a local business telephone directory, published up until 2016 in the United Kingdom by Thomson Directories Ltd from its former head office at Thomson House in Farnborough, Hampshire. It is the principal rival (and for the 1980s a ...

, the UK business directory *

Thomson Multimedia Vantiva SA, formerly Technicolor SA, Thomson SARL, and Thomson Multimedia, is a French multinational corporation that provides creative services and technology products for the communication, media and entertainment industries. Vantiva's headq ...

, former name of Technicolor SA, a French multinational corporation *

Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters Corporation ( ) is a Canadian multinational media conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where it is headquartered at the Bay Adelaide Centre. Thomson Reuters was created by the Thomson Corpora ...

, Canadian media and information services company **

Thomson Corporation The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organisation Ltd (ITOL) and Thomson Newspapers. In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to fo ...

, former name of the company prior to its 2008 merger with Reuters **

Thomson Financial Thomson Financial was an arm of the Thomson Corporation, an information provider. When the Thomson Corporation merged with Reuters to form Thomson Reuters in April 2008, Thomson Financial was merged with the business of Reuters to form the Market ...

, former business division of Thomson **

Thomson Healthcare Merative, formerly IBM Watson Health, is a standalone company as of 2022. Merative offers products and services that help clients facilitate medical research, clinical research, Real world evidence, and healthcare services, through the use of art ...

, former healthcare division of Thomson **

Thomson Scientific Thomson Scientific was one of the six (later five) strategic business units of The Thomson Corporation, beginning in 2007, after being separated from Thomson Scientific & Healthcare. Following the merger of Thomson with Reuters Group to form Thom ...

, former research division of Thomson *

Technicolor SA Vantiva SA, formerly Technicolor SA, Thomson SARL, and Thomson Multimedia, is a French multinational corporation that provides creative services and technology products for the communication, media and entertainment industries. Vantiva's headq ...

, formerly known as Thomson SARL and Thomson Multimedia, a French electronics manufacturer and media services provider *

Thomson-CSF Thomson-CSF was a French company that specialized in the development and manufacture of electronics with a heavy focus upon the aerospace and defence sectors of the market. Thomson-CSF was formed in 1968 following the merger of Thomson-Houst ...

, former name for the Thales Group *

Thomsons Online Benefits Darwin Technologies Ltd., known simply as Darwin (formerly Thomsons Online Benefits) is a global benefits management and employee engagement software company that also provides consultancy services related to reward, workplace pensions and employ ...

, a UK-based provider of employee benefit programmes * L.H. Thomson, manufacturer of aircraft and bicycle parts

Places

Thomson (crater) Thomson is a lunar impact crater that is located within the Mare Ingenii on the far side of the Moon. Just to the northeast is the unusual merged crater formation of Van de Graaff. On the northwest rim of the mare is O'Day, and to the south-so ...

, a lunar impact crater in the Mare Ingenii on the far side of the Moon Australia *

Thomson Dam The Thomson Dam is a major Clay core and rockfill embankment dam with a Uncontrolled, Ogee-shaped overflow weir and chute spillway across the Thomson River, located about east of Melbourne in the West Gippsland region of the Australian stat ...

Thomson River (Queensland) The Thomson River is a perennial river that forms part of the Lake Eyre Basin, situated in the central west and western regions of Queensland, Australia. Much of the course of the river comprises a series of narrow channels synonymous with t ...

Thomson River (Victoria) The Thomson River, a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, is located in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Thomson River rises below Newlands at the north western end of the Baw Baw ...

Thomson, Victoria Thomson is a small residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Thomson is triangular in shape and is bounded in the west by Breakwater Road, Carr Street and St Albans Road, in the north by Lomond Terrace, Godfrey and Ensby Streets, and ...

a suburb of Geelong Canada *

David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute (sometimes called David and Mary Thomson, DMT, DMTCI, Thomson CI or Thomson) is a semestered English-language high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in the Bendale neighbourhood of the former ...

, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario Singapore *

Thomson, Singapore Thomson is a relatively narrow area stretching from Novena in the Central Region of Singapore up north till Sembawang. The area is mainly located within the central catchment area where some of Singapore's reservoirs are located, including ...

, a neighborhood in Singapore *

Thomson Road, Singapore Thomson Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas of the country. The road is one of the longest in Singapore, starting from Novena in the south towards MacRitchie Reservoir, before ...

, a major trunk road **

Thomson MRT Line Thomson may refer to: Names * Thomson (surname), a list of people with this name and a description of its origin * Thomson baronets, four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson Businesses and organizations * SGS-Thomson Mi ...

, a mass transit line United States *

Thomson, Georgia Thomson (originally called Slashes) is a city in McDuffie County, Georgia, McDuffie County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 6,778 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of McDuffie County. Thomson's nicknam ...

Thomson, Illinois Thomson is a village along Illinois Route 84 near the Mississippi River in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population was 590 at the 2010 census, up from 559 at the 2000 census. Just north of the village is the United States Peniten ...

Thomson Correctional Center The United States Penitentiary, Thomson (USP Thomson), formerly Thomson Correctional Center, is a high-security federal prison located in Thomson, Illinois. It has an area of about and comprises 15 buildings. The facility is enclosed by a , 700 ...

Thomson, Minnesota Thomson was a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, Carlton County, Minnesota, United States, located along the Saint Louis River (Lake Superior tributary), Saint Louis River. The population was 159 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. On ...

Thomson Dam (Minnesota) Thomson Dam, also known as the Thomson Hydro Station or Thomson Water Project, is an embankment and concrete gravity dam on the Saint Louis River near the town of Thomson in northeastern Minnesota, United States. It consists of a 1600-foot (488 ...

* Thomson, New York

Science and technology

Joule–Thomson effect In thermodynamics, the Joule–Thomson effect (also known as the Joule–Kelvin effect or Kelvin–Joule effect) describes the temperature change of a ''real'' gas or liquid (as differentiated from an ideal gas) when it is forced through a valv ...

, temperature change of a fluid passing through a valve in a thermally insulated system *

thomson (unit) The thomson (symbol: Th) is a unit that has appeared infrequently in scientific literature relating to the field of mass spectrometry as a unit of mass-to-charge ratio. The unit was proposed by Cooks and Rockwood naming it in honour of J. J. Thom ...

, a unit for mass-to-charge ratio, symbol: Th *Thomson structures, synonym for Widmanstätten patterns *Thomson, abbreviation used to indicate

Thomas Thomson Thomas Thomson may refer to: * Tom Thomson (1877–1917), Canadian painter * Thomas Thomson (apothecary) (died 1572), Scottish apothecary * Thomas Thomson (advocate) (1768–1852), Scottish lawyer * Thomas Thomson (botanist) (1817–1878), Scottis ...

when citing a botanical name *

Thomson cubic In geometry, the Thomson cubic of a triangle is the locus of centers of circumconics whose normals at the vertices are concurrent Concurrent means happening at the same time. Concurrency, concurrent, or concurrence may refer to: Law * Concur ...

, the locus of centers of circumconics of a triangle *

Thomson effect The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa via a thermocouple. A thermoelectric device creates a voltage when there is a different temperature on each side. Conversely, when ...

, the heating or cooling of a current-carrying conductor in a temperature gradient *

Thomson's gazelle Thomson's gazelle (''Eudorcas thomsonii'') is one of the best known species of gazelles. It is named after explorer Joseph Thomson and is sometimes referred to as a "tommie". It is considered by some to be a subspecies of the red-fronted gazelle a ...

, a species of gazelle *

Thomson MO5 The Thomson MO5 is a home computer introduced in France in June 1984 to compete against systems such as the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. It had a release price of 2390 FF. At the same time, Thomson also released the up-market Thomson TO7/7 ...

, MO6, TO7, TO8, microcomputers made by Thomson SA in the 1980s *

Thomson problem The objective of the Thomson problem is to determine the minimum electrostatic potential energy configuration of electrons constrained to the surface of a unit sphere that repel each other with a force given by Coulomb's law. The physicist J. J. ...

, *

Thomson scattering Thomson scattering is the elastic scattering of electromagnetic radiation by a free charged particle, as described by classical electromagnetism. It is the low-energy limit of Compton scattering: the particle's kinetic energy and photon frequency ...

, the elastic scattering of electromagnetic radiation by a free charged particle

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