| thomas edison definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | invented the light bulb | 18 sets |
| 2 | inventor of lightbulb, phonograph and numerous other innovations | 11 sets |
| 3 | invented the lightbulb | 7 sets |
| 4 | light bulb | 7 sets |
| 5 | made the first electric light bulb | 6 sets |
| 6 | american inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures. (p. 703) | 6 sets |
| 7 | perfected the incandescent light bulb | 5 sets |
| 8 | inventor of light bulb, phonograph and numerous other innovations | 5 sets |
| 9 | inventor of the lightbulb | 5 sets |
| 10 | electric light bulb | 4 sets |
| 11 | birth: 1847 death: 1931 | 4 sets |
| 12 | man whose inventions changed the way americans lived and also created whole new industries | 4 sets |
| 13 | 1847-1931. american inventor and businessman. prolific u.s. patent-holder with 1,093 to his name including the phonograph and the long-lasting light bulb. | 4 sets |
| 14 | wizard of menlo park | 4 sets |
| 15 | invented the phonograph | 3 sets |
| 16 | invented the light bulb. | 3 sets |
| 17 | created phonograph, made electricity widely available, invented the light bulb, built a power plant | 3 sets |
| 18 | inventor | 3 sets |
| 19 | inventor of the lightbulb. | 3 sets |
| 20 | invented light bulb, photograph, motion picture camera, power plant | 3 sets |
| 21 | american inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures | 3 sets |
| 22 | the inventor of the lightbulb | 2 sets |
| 23 | invented electric light bulb (1879) | 2 sets |
| 24 | created the light bulb | 2 sets |
| 25 | outstanding inventor;invented lightbulb | 2 sets |
| 26 | inventor of the 19th century; most famous for perfecting the light bulb, motion picture projector, and various other products; general electric | 2 sets |
| 27 | inventor of the light bulb, started a buisness that eventually become a modorn company ge | 2 sets |
| 28 | invented the electric light bulb | 2 sets |
| 29 | invented the phonograph in 1877 | 2 sets |
| 30 | inventor of lightbulb | 2 sets |
| 31 | phonograph | 2 sets |
| 32 | united states inventor | 2 sets |
| 33 | american inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures. | 2 sets |
| 34 | an american inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb | 2 sets |
| 35 | invented the light bulb and the world's first research laboratory | 2 sets |
| 36 | who pattented more than 100 inventions? | 2 sets |
| 37 | invented the light bulb and the phonograph | 2 sets |
| 38 | american inventor of over 1000 patents; invented light bulb and established power plant that supplied electricity to parts of nyc | 2 sets |
| 39 | developer of the first usable and practical light bulb; invented phonograph | 2 sets |
| 40 | light bulb, phonograph | 2 sets |