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Definition: Appleton

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966).[Wordnet]
2. A town in eastern Wisconsin.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Appleton" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1735. (references)

Common Expressions: Appleton

Expressions Definition
Appleton (crater) Appleton is a heavily eroded lunar crater that lies in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. To the northwest are the Von Neumann and Campbell craters. The smaller Golovin crater lies to the northeast, while further to the southwest is the Mare Moscoviense lunar mare. (references)
Appleton (music duo) Appleton are a British/Canadian musical sister duo comprising of sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton, and were born in 1973 and 1974 respectively, to their British mother Mary and Canadian father, Ken. They also have two elder sisters, Lori and Leigh. (references)
Appleton Estate Appleton Estate rum originates from Jamaica. They produce a wide variety of aged rums, as well as standard gold and white rums. (references)
Appleton layer The highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Appleton Wiske Appleton Wiske is a small village that sits between Northallerton and Yarm in the Vale of York; a flat tract of land that runs between the North Yorkshire Moors to the east, the Yorkshire Dales to the west and the River Tees to the north. (references)
Charles Appleton Charles Edward Appleton (1841 - 1879) was an Oxford don and scholarly entrepreneur. (references)
Edward Appleton English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Edward Victor Appleton Sir Edward Victor Appleton (September 6, 1892 - April 21, 1965) was an English physicist. (references)
J.W.M. Appleton Recruiting Officer of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw during the American Civil War. The first man commissioned in the 54th. (references)
Natalie Appleton Natalie Jane Appleton (born May 14, 1973, Mississauga, Ontario) is a female pop singer. (references)
Nathan Appleton Nathan Appleton (October 1, 1779 - July 14, 1861) was an American merchant and politician born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He was educated in the New Ipswich academy, and in 1794 entered mercantile life in Boston in the employment of his brother, Samuel (1766-1853), a successful and benevolent man of business, with whom he was in partnership from 1800 to 1809. He co-operated with Francis C. Lowell and others in introducing the power-loom and the manufacture of cotton on a large scale into the United States, a factory being established at Waltham, Massachusetts in 1814, and another in 1822 at Lowell, Massachusetts, of which city he was one of the founders. (references)
Nicole Appleton Nicole Marie Appleton (born December 7, 1974) is a pop singer. (references)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) at the Chilton/Harwell Science Campus is a UK scientific research laboratory near Didcot in Oxfordshire. (references)
Sir Edward Victor Appleton English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Steve Appleton Steve Appleton is the CEO of Micron Technology, based in Boise, Idaho. Appleton was born in 1960. (references)
Victor Appleton Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: Appleton

Expressions Domain Definition
Appleton layer Aerospace = F2-layer. See ionosphere. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Appleton

Appleton

Appleton can refer to:

  • Appleton (crater), a lunar crater
  • Appleton (music duo), a UK-based musical group with Canadian-born members.
  • Appleton Estate, a Jamaican producer of rum.

Appleton is the surname of the following people:

  • Alistair Appleton, British television presenter
  • Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, known for his research on the ionosphere.
  • Nancy Appleton, an author
  • Jon Appleton, American composer, author and professor of music.
  • Natalie Appleton, British/Canadian singer
  • Nathan Appleton, American merchant and politician
  • Nicole Appleton, British/Canadian singer
  • Richard Appleton, English Engineer, involved in Telecommunications.
  • Norman Appleton, British/Australian Industrialist
  • Victor Appleton, a house pseudonym, famous for the Tom Swift series.
  • William Appleton, US Representative from Massachusetts
  • William Sumner Appleton, founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Appleton is also the name of these places:

  • Appleton, Maine, United States
  • Appleton Farms, a public park administered by the The Trustees of Reservations in Ipswich and Hamilton, Massachusetts, United States
  • Appleton, Minnesota, United States
  • Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
  • Old Appleton, Missouri, United States
  • Appleton, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England
  • Appleton Wiske, N Yorks, England
  • Appleton, Oxfordshire, England
  • Appleton le Moors, Yorkshire, England
  • Appleton, Warrington, England
  • Christopher Appleton, England

See also

  • Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Appleton". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Appleton

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Appleton Township, Minnesota 35     Alistair Appleton 8
Appleton 26     Appleton 26
Colin Appleton 21     Appleton (crater) 11
Edward Victor Appleton 20     Appleton (music duo) 11
Michael Appleton 19     Appleton Area School District 10
Appleton City, Missouri 17     Appleton Arena 8
Louise Appleton 16     Appleton Baronets 3
Natalie Appleton 13     Appleton City, Missouri 17
Appleton School 12     Appleton East and West 3
Appleton Thorn 12     Appleton East High School 7
Appleton Wiske 12     Appleton Estate 4
Appleton (music duo) 11     Appleton Farms 5
Nicole Appleton 11     Appleton Medical Center 3
Appleton Tower 11     Appleton North High School 10
Appleton (crater) 11     Appleton Oaksmith 3
Appleton North High School 10     Appleton Papermakers 2
Appleton West High School 10     Appleton Roebuck 6
Appleton Area School District 10     Appleton Rum (band) 3
John Appleton 9     Appleton School 12
Nathan Appleton 9     Appleton Thorn 12
Appleton Arena 8     Appleton Tower 11
Alistair Appleton 8     Appleton Township, Minnesota 35
Jon Appleton 8     Appleton Transit Center 5
Charles Appleton 8     Appleton West High School 10
Nathan Appleton Residence 8     Appleton Wiske 12
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 7     Charles Appleton 8
William Appleton Potter 7     Charles Appleton (cricketer) 5
D. Appleton & Company 7     Colin Appleton 21
Scott Appleton 7     Crabby Appleton 5
Appleton East High School 7     D. Appleton & Company 7
Appleton Roebuck 6     Daniel Appleton 3
Steve Appleton 5     Dudi Appleton 4
Charles Appleton (cricketer) 5     Edward Victor Appleton 20
Larry Appleton 5     George Swett Appleton 3
Pete Appleton 5     Henry Appleton 3
Crabby Appleton 5     John Appleton 9
Appleton Transit Center 5     John Appleton Brown 3
Appleton Farms 5     Jon Appleton 8
Dudi Appleton 4     Larry Appleton 5
William Appleton 4     Louise Appleton 16
William Appleton Lawrence 4     Michael Appleton 19
Appleton Estate 4     Natalie Appleton 13
Victor Appleton 4     Nathan Appleton 9
Samuel Appleton 4     Nathan Appleton Residence 8
William Henry Appleton 3     Nathaniel Appleton Haven 3
Thomas Gold Appleton 3     Nicole Appleton 11
Appleton Rum (band) 3     Pete Appleton 5
Daniel Appleton 3     Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 7
Appleton Medical Center 3     Samuel Appleton 4
Appleton Oaksmith 3     Scott Appleton 7
Appleton Baronets 3     St. Mary's Parish, Appleton 3
William Sumner Appleton 3     Steve Appleton 5
Nathaniel Appleton Haven 3     Thomas Gold Appleton 3
St. Mary's Parish, Appleton 3     Victor Appleton 4
George Swett Appleton 3     William Appleton 4
Henry Appleton 3     William Appleton (mayor) 2
Appleton East and West 3     William Appleton Lawrence 4
John Appleton Brown 3     William Appleton Potter 7
Appleton Papermakers 2     William Henry Appleton 3
William Appleton (mayor) 2     William Sumner Appleton 3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: Appleton

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 阿普尔顿 (appleton), 威斯康星州的阿普尔顿 (appleton wisconsin). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Appleton. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 阿普爾頓 (appleton), 偉玆康星州的阿普爾頓 (appleton wisconsin), F 層 (Appleton layer, f layer, f region). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Appleton. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese りんごトン (Appleton). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Appleton. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Appleton

Language Translations for “Appleton” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Athagapplathagetathagon (Appleton). Additional references: Athag, Appleton. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Agapplagetagon (Appleton). Additional references: Double Dutch, Appleton. (volunteer)
Leet 4|^|^1&+()/\/ (Appleton). Additional references: Leet, Appleton. (volunteer)
Oppish Opapplopetopon (Appleton). Additional references: Oppish, Appleton. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Appletonway (Appleton). Additional references: Pig Latin, Appleton. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Ubapplubetubon (Appleton). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Appleton. (volunteer)
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