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WATSON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928)
Synonyms:
James Dewey Watson; James Watson; Watson
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
geneticist (a biologist who specializes in genetics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958)
Synonyms:
John Broadus Watson; Watson
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
psychologist (a scientist trained in psychology)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
Synonyms:
Thomas Augustus Watson; Watson
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
Context examples:
“It is really very good of you to come, Watson,” said he.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A singular set of people, Watson—the man himself the most singular of them all.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I shall not keep you more than a few minutes, Watson,” said he.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was not a pleasant business, Watson.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Alexander Watson, a biologist at conservation group, WWF Australia, who has worked with Aboriginal rangers in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia, says it is an extraordinary discovery.
(Aboriginal Rangers Find Evidence of One of Australia’s Rarest Birds, VOA)
By reanalysing the 2017 data from the merger, we have now identified the signature of one heavy element in this fireball, strontium, proving that the collision of neutron stars creates this element in the Universe, says the study’s lead author Darach Watson from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
(First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision, ESO)
“My God! It’s Watson,” said he.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Good, Watson, very good—but quite inadmissable.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was very superficial, my dear Watson, I assure you.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
No, Watson, I never was in it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
