Compton

(kämp′tən)

city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 93,000

Origin: after G. D. Compton, a founder of the Univ. of S Calif.

See Compton in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of southern California, a residential and industrial suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach. Population: 95,700.

, Arthur Holly 1892-1962.

American physicist. He shared a 1927 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the Compton effect.

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