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Appleton

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Ap·ple·ton  (pl-tn)
A city of eastern Wisconsin on the Fox River southwest of Green Bay. The first hydroelectric plant in the United States was built here in 1882. Population: 70,200.

Appleton, Sir Edward Victor 1892-1965.
British physicist. He won a 1947 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the F layer of the ionosphere.

Appleton [ˈæpəltən]
n
(Biographies / Appleton, Sir Edward (Victor) (1892-1965) M, English, SCIENCE: physicist) Sir Edward (Victor). 1892-1965, English physicist, noted particularly for his research on the ionosphere: Nobel prize for physics 1947
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Noun1.Appleton - English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)
2.Appleton - a town in eastern Wisconsin
Badger State, WI, Wisconsin - a midwestern state in north central United States


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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has hired Dina Appleton as special counsel in the entertainment, media and communications group in its Century City office.
However, the staff of Central Alternative High School in Appleton (CAHS), Wisconsin, which educates students with behavioral problems sent there from 12 area schools, had a better solution.
Appleton notes one manufacturer who commissioned a survey among cotton retailers, which was fielded by e-mail, with returns processed and the final report delivered within five days at a very economical cost.
 
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