Millikan

American  

[mil-i-kuhn] / ˈmɪl ɪ kən /

noun

1. Robert Andrews, 1868–1953, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1923.

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Millikan British  

/ ˈmɪlɪkən /

noun

1. Robert Andrews. 1868–1953, US physicist. He measured the charge of an electron (1910), verified Einstein's equation for the photoelectric effect (1916), and studied cosmic rays; Nobel prize for physics 1923

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Millikan Scientific  

/ mĭl′ĭ-kən /

1. American physicist who measured the electron charge and experimentally verified Einstein's equation describing the photoelectric effect. For this work he received the 1923 Nobel Prize for physics. Milllikan also proved the existence of (and coined the term for) cosmic rays.

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Example Sentences

Long Beach Millikan 4, Lakewood 0: Daunte Bell struck out eight with no walks in throwing the shutout.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Long Beach Millikan 7, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 0: The Rams scored seven runs in the seventh inning.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

The Condor’s real-life counterparts included Sherman Kent and William Langer, historians at Yale and Harvard, respectively, and Max Millikan, an MIT economist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

In the 1920s, Nobel Prize winner Robert Millikan refined the formula.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Caltech president Robert Millikan suppressed his institution’s feelings of rivalry with Berkeley to compliment Lawrence on his “altogether extraordinary” discoveries.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik