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Mor⋅ley

[mawr-lee]
–noun
1. Christopher Darlington, 1890–1957, U.S. writer.
2. Edward Williams, 1838–1923, U.S. chemist and physicist.
3. John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 1838–1923, English statesman, journalist, biographer, and critic.
4. Thomas, 1557–1603?, English composer, esp. of madrigals.
5. a male given name.
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Morley   (môr'lē)  Pronunciation Key 
American chemist and physicist who with Albert Michelson 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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