Wilkinson may refer to:
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Wilkinson (surname)
Wilkinson is an English surname of Normans, Norman origin. It is a variant of Williamson (surname), Williamson, derived from a variant of William, Wilkin, brought to the Anglo-Scottish border during the Norman conquest. At the time of the British C ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
Places in the United States
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Wilkinson, Illinois
Wilkinson is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States, located west-northwest of Sycamore
Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives ...
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Wilkinson, Indiana, a town in Hancock County
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Wilkinson, Minnesota
Wilkinson is an unincorporated community in Wilkinson Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States, near Cass Lake and Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
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Wilkinson, Mississippi
Wilkinson (also called Buffalo) is an unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United ...
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Wilkinson, West Virginia
Wilkinson is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Wilkinson is located along West Virginia Route 44 and Island Creek, south of Logan. Wilkinson has a post office
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Wilkinson, Wisconsin
Wilkinson is a town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 66 at the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.4 square miles (91.7 km2), of which 35.2&nbs ...
, a town in Rusk County
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Wilkinson County, Georgia
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Wilkinson County, Mississippi
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Wilkinson Heights, South Carolina
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Wilkinson Lake, a lake in Minnesota
* Wilkinson Station,
Pantego, North Carolina
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Wilkinson Township, Minnesota
Wilkinson Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 270 as of the 2000 census.
Wilkinson Township is named after Major Melville Wilkinson of the 3rd Regiment United States Infantry, who was killed duri ...
Electronics
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Wilkinson analog-to-digital converter, a low-power method of converting analog signals to digital with a high degree of linearity
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Wilkinson power divider
In the field of microwave engineering and circuit design, the Wilkinson Power Divider is a specific class of power divider circuit that can achieve isolation between the output ports while maintaining a matched condition on all ports. The Wilki ...
, an RF signal splitter with special properties
Enterprises
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Wilko (formerly known as Wilkinson), a British do it yourself (DIY) and household goods store
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Wilkinson Sword
Wilkinson Sword is a formerly British brand for Safety razor, razors and other personal care products sold in Europe, owned by the US company Edgewell Personal Care. The company was founded as a manufacturer of guns made in Shotley Bridge in Co ...
, a manufacturer of razor blades, and formerly of swords and motorbikes
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Wilkinson TMC, a British luxury touring motorcycle manufactured by the Wilkinson Sword company between 1911 and 1916
* Wilkinson, a contemporary brand of
electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...
components designed by Trev (Trevor) Wilkinson
Other
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Wilkinson's catalyst, a chemical catalyst
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Wilkinson's polynomial
In numerical analysis, Wilkinson's polynomial is a specific polynomial which was used by James H. Wilkinson in 1963 to illustrate a difficulty when finding the root of a polynomial: the location of the roots can be very sensitive to perturbatio ...
, a topic in numerical analysis
*''Wilkinson'', a
GWR 3031 Class
The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...
locomotive built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; named ''Timour'' before 1901
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Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), originally known as the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP and Explorer 80), was a NASA spacecraft operating from 2001 to 2010 which measured temperature differences across the sky in the cosmic mic ...
(WMAP), a spacecraft operating from 2001 to 2010 which measured differences across the sky in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background
* Wilkinson, a Japanese
carbonated water
Carbonated water (also known as soda water, sparkling water, fizzy water, club soda, water with gas, in many places as mineral water, or especially in the United States as seltzer or seltzer water) is water containing dissolved carbon dioxide gas, ...
drink manufactured by Asahi.
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Wilkinson (musician)
Mark Wilkinson (born 18 April 1989), better known by his stage name Wilkinson, is an English record producer, DJ and remixer from Hammersmith, England. He has released music on RAM Records and Hospital Records, as well as Virgin EMI. His 2013 s ...
, an English musician
See also
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Wilkinson v. United States
''Wilkinson v. United States'', 365 U.S. 399 (1961), was a court case during the McCarthy Era in which the petitioner, Frank Wilkinson, an administrator with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, challenged his conviction under 2 U.S. ...
'', a US Supreme Court case
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