Josephson
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Josephson is a patronymic
surname
meaning "son of Joseph
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Josephson as a surname may refer to:
Josephson may also refer to:
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
meaning "son of Joseph
Joseph (name)
Joseph is a name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yosef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew יהוה להוסיף Yihoh Lhosif as signifying "YHWH...
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Josephson as a surname may refer to:
- Brian David JosephsonBrian David JosephsonBrian David Josephson, FRS is a Welsh physicist. He became a Nobel Prize laureate in 1973 for the prediction of the eponymous Josephson effect....
(born 1940), Welsh physicist - Duane JosephsonDuane JosephsonDuane Charles Josephson was an American professional baseball player, a catcher who played for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball....
(1942–1997), American baseball player - Erland JosephsonErland JosephsonErland Josephson is a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos.-Biography:...
(born 1923), Swedish actor and author - Ernst JosephsonErnst JosephsonErnst Josephson was a Swedish painter from a prominent Jewish family, whose main work was done on portraits and paintings of folk life....
(1851–1906), Swedish painter - Ian JosephsonIan JosephsonA Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Ian Josephson gained national attention overseeing the trial of two persons accused of bombing Air India Flight 182, the largest mass-murder in Canadian history....
, Canadian judge - Julien JosephsonJulien JosephsonJulien Josephson was an American motion picture screenwriter. His career spanned between 1914 and 1943. He was a native of Roseburg, Oregon....
(1881–1959), American motion picture screenwriter - Karen JosephsonKaren JosephsonKaren Josephson is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She won gold medal in Duet with Sarah Josephson at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and received a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.- References :*...
(born 1964), American swimmer - Les JosephsonLes JosephsonLes Josephson is a former National Football League running back who played eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Rams.His professional career had its genesis in his high school days in Minneota, Minnesota, where he played 8-man football...
(born 1942), American football player - Mark JosephsonMark JosephsonMark E. Josephson, M.D., is an American cardiologist and writer and was in the 1970s one of the American pioneers of the medical cardiology subspecialty of cardiac electrophysiology. His classic text, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations, is widely acknowledged the...
, American cardiac electrophysiologist - Matthew JosephsonMatthew JosephsonMatthew Josephson was an American journalist and author of works on nineteenth-century French literature and twentieth-century American economic history.-Biography:...
(1899–1978), American journalist and author - Sarah JosephsonSarah JosephsonSarah Gay Josephson is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She won gold medal in Duet with her twin sister Karen Josephson at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and received a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Josephson now runs a video...
(born 1964), American swimmer
Josephson may also refer to:
- Josephson effectJosephson effectThe Josephson effect is the phenomenon of supercurrent across two superconductors coupled by a weak link...
, used in quantum-mechanical circuits, with related terms:- Josephson energyJosephson energyIn superconductivity, the Josephson energy is the potential energy accumulated in the Josephson junction when a supercurrent flows through it. One can think about a Josephson junction as about a non-linear inductance which accumulates energy when a current passes through it...
- Josephson penetration depthJosephson penetration depthIn superconductivity, Josephson penetration depth characterizes the typical length on which an externally-applied magnetic field penetrates into the long Josephson junction...
- Josephson vortexJosephson vortexIn superconductivity, a Josephson vortex is a vortex of supercurrent in a long Josephson junction . The supercurrents circulate around the vortex center which is situated inside the Josephson barrier...
- Pi Josephson junctionPi Josephson junctionA Josephson Junction is a voltage-to-frequency converter usefully sensitive to voltage, current and magnetic fields that is made of a superconducting wire interrupted by an insulating weak-link....
- Josephson energy