Science
- thomson (unit), a unit for mass-to-charge ratio, symbol: Th; named in honor of J. J. Thomson
- J. J. Thomson, British physicist and Nobel laureate credited with the discovery of electrons and isotopes, and the invention of the mass spectrometer.
- Thomson effect, named for William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, which is the heating or cooling of a current-carrying conductor when a temperature gradient is present
- Joule–Thomson effect, named after James Prescott Joule and William Thomson, which explains the temperature change of a fluid when allowed to pass through a porous plug with the system kept thermally insulated
- Thomson's gazelle, a species of gazelle
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