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What does Edison mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Edison? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. An English patronymic or matronymic (or just pamatronymic) surname derived from Adam and Edith.
  2. Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman.
  3. A town in New Jersey.
Name
  1. A male given name of English and Old English origin.
    1. (meaning, history) The son of Edgar, Edmund or Edward. Great spearman.
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The first house that I had a mortgage for was a ranch house in Edison, New Jersey.
Interspersed throughout are brief sketches of the lives and works of pioneers like Marconi, Edison, Ben Franklin, and Nicolai Tesla.
It is also probably fair to say that Edison did produce the first commercially viable light bulb.
The first successful light bulbs marketed by Edison in the 1880s produced so much heat that they burnt out very rapidly.
The band evolved their loungey sound away from a Combustible Edison bossa nova vibe to more rock but still created a smooth, cocktail mood.
The British Courts stood by their patent award for the light bulb to Swan, and Edison lost the suit.

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