Michelson

Mi·chel·son

M0269200 (mī′kəl-sən), Albert Abraham 1852-1931. Prussian-born American physicist who with Edward Morley helped to disprove the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. He won a 1907 Nobel Prize in physics.

Michelson

(ˈmaɪkəlsən) n (Biography) Albert Abraham. 1852–1931, US physicist, born in Germany: noted for his part in the Michelson-Morley experiment: Nobel prize for physics 1907

Mi•chel•son

(ˈmaɪ kəl sən)

n. Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland).

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Michelson - United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931)A. A. Michelson, Albert Abraham Michelson, Albert Michelson