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• Edison, Thomas Alva
  1. (1847-1931) a US inventor who made over 1300 electrical inventions, including the MICROPHONE, the record player, and equipment for the cinema. He is most famous for inventing the LIGHT BULB (=a glass container with a thin wire inside, which produces light by using electricity).
• Thomas Alva Edison (noun)
  1. 1847-1931 united States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope
• Thomas Edison (noun)
  1. 1847-1931 united States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope
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