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4 dictionary results for: Albert Abraham Michelson
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Mi·chel·son       [mahy-kuhl-suhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.
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Mi·chel·son       (mī'kəl-sən)  Pronunciation Key 
German-born American physicist who with Edward Morley disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. He won a 1907 Nobel Prize in physics.

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albert abraham michelson

noun
United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931) [syn: Michelson

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Michelson       (mī'kəl-sən)  Pronunciation Key 
German-born American physicist who (with Edward Morley) disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. Their work served as the starting point for Albert Einstein's development of the theory of relativity.

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