dictionary definitions for "anderson"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Anderson
      n 1: United States author whose works were frequently
           autobiographical (1876-1941) [syn: Anderson, {Sherwood
           Anderson}]
      2: United States physicist who studied the electronic structure
         of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-) [syn: Anderson,
         Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson]
      3: United States dramatist (1888-1959) [syn: Anderson,
         Maxwell Anderson]
      4: United States contralto noted for her performance of
         spirituals (1902-1993) [syn: Anderson, Marian Anderson]
      5: United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form
         of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991)
         [syn: Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson]


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