(1903–95), Irish physicist; full name Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton. In 1932 he succeeded, with Sir John Cockcroft, in splitting the atom. Nobel Prize for Physics (1951, shared with Cockcroft).
Definition of Walton, Ernest in US English:
Walton, Ernest
proper nounˈwôltn
(1903–95), Irish physicist; full name Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton. In 1932 he succeeded, with Sir John Cockcroft, in splitting the atom. Nobel Prize for Physics (1951, shared with Cockcroft).