On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Edison. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as inventor or discoverer and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Edison meaning
- A surname
- An English patronymic or matronymic (or just pamatronymic) surname derived from Adam and Edith.
Synonyms of Edison
Using Edison
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname | An English patronymic or matronymic (or just pamatronymic) surname derived from Adam and Edith. | A surname
- Useful related words include: thomas edison, thomas alva edison, inventor, discoverer.
- In the example corpus, edison often appears in combinations such as: consolidated edison, edison international, the edison.
Context around Edison
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Edison
- In this selection, "edison" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thomas, consolidated, met, illuminating, international and carter stand out and add context to how "edison" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1892 with edison being forced and 1902 invalidated edison s claim. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "edison" sits close to words such as affordability, bash and captive, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with edison
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thomas Edison of Milan, Ohio established Edison Illuminating Company on December 17, 1880. (13 words)
Edison began negotiation with Biograph in May 1908 to reorganize the Edison licensing system. (14 words)
Edison International’s support of charitable causes, including the Edison Scholars Program, is funded entirely by Edison International shareholders. (19 words)
Since Edison specified a sealed globe of glass in his design Westinghouse found a way to sidestep the Edison patent by quickly developing a lamp with a ground glass stopper in one end, based on a Sawyer-Man "stopper" lamp patent they already had. (44 words)
As a child I learned with pride that Edison’s lab was in Menlo Park, N.J. When I moved here to Ohio and learned about the Edison Birthplace in Milan, I thought that could not possibly be correct. (39 words)
By the early 1890s Edison's company was generating much smaller profits than its AC rivals, and the War of Currents would come to an end in 1892 with Edison being forced out of controlling his own company. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Edison International’s support of charitable causes, including the Edison Scholars Program, is funded entirely by Edison International shareholders.
Ford once worked as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit and met Edison at a convention of affiliated Edison illuminating companies in Brooklyn, NY in 1896.
On May 27, 1901, Edison establishes the Edison Storage Battery Company to develop and manufacture them., citation "It proved to be Edison's most difficult project, taking ten years to develop a practical alkaline battery.
Since 1902, Edison had also been notifying distributors and exhibitors that if they did not use Edison machines and films exclusively, they would be subject to litigation for supporting filmmaking that infringed Edison's patents.
As a child I learned with pride that Edison’s lab was in Menlo Park, N.J. When I moved here to Ohio and learned about the Edison Birthplace in Milan, I thought that could not possibly be correct.
A court judgment in March 1902 invalidated Edison's claim, allowing any producer or distributor to use the Edison 35 mm film design without license.
By the early 1890s Edison's company was generating much smaller profits than its AC rivals, and the War of Currents would come to an end in 1892 with Edison being forced out of controlling his own company.
Characters Max Headroom main Edison Carter Edison Carter ( Matt Frewer ) was a hard-hitting reporter for Network 23, who sometimes uncovered things that his superiors in the network would have preferred kept private.
Edison began negotiation with Biograph in May 1908 to reorganize the Edison licensing system.
Elihu Thomson published his findings on Edison's new "force", again attributing it to induction, an explanation that Edison accepted.
History Predecessors to the phonograph Several inventors devised machines to record sound prior to Thomas Edison 's phonograph, Edison being the first to produce a device that could both record and reproduce sound.
Photo by Elena Mrozovskaya When Johnson was Vice President of the Edison Electric Light Company, a predecessor of Con Edison, he created the first known electrically illuminated Christmas tree at his home in New York City in 1882.
Since Edison specified a sealed globe of glass in his design Westinghouse found a way to sidestep the Edison patent by quickly developing a lamp with a ground glass stopper in one end, based on a Sawyer-Man "stopper" lamp patent they already had.
The Edison Manufacturing Company's patent lawsuits against each of its domestic competitors crippled the American film industry, reducing American production mainly to two companies: Edison and Biograph, which used a different camera design.
Thomas Edison of Milan, Ohio established Edison Illuminating Company on December 17, 1880.
According to data from MarketBeat, Consolidated Edison presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $88.
According to Edison, half of their ratepayers will see lower overall bills under this new fee and rate structure which means the other half of the ratepayers will not be so fortunate.
After her high school career, she continued playing basketball at Edison Community College for two years where she started and led the team in steals, and assists.
And finally, Column D will be home to off-the-line candidates in Edison, where a factional war is playing out between the mayor and Democratic municipal chair.
As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Consolidated Edison, Inc. will post 4.9 EPS for the current year.
Common combinations with edison
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: