Michelson

[ mahy-kuh l-suh n ]

/ ˈmaɪ kəl sən /

noun

Albert Abraham,1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel prize 1907.

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Pugasceff's patrols communicated to their leader that Michelson was again at hand.
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Mrs. Michelson is more likely to be getting up just now than going to bed.
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Tell me plainly, Mrs. Michelson, did you think she looked fit to travel?
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The first person whom I met in crossing the servants' hall was Mrs. Michelson, the housekeeper.
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It appears that Michelson was just such a dreaded opponent to Pugasceff as the man not born of a woman was to Macbeth.
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British Dictionary definitions for michelson

Michelson

/ (ˈmaɪkəlsən) /

noun

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

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Science definitions for michelson

Michelson

[ mī′kəl-sən ]

Albert Abraham 1852-1931

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.