Millikan

[mil-i-kuhn]

noun

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

Millikan

/ 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

Millikan

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.

Example Sentences

Bishop Montgomery and Long Beach Millikan have been among the schools where football athletes were declared ineligible for two years after providing false paperwork information.

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Eight football transfer students from Long Beach Millikan have been declared ineligible in the latest crackdown by the Southern Section, according to the section’s transfer portal.

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There have been other schools determined to have ineligible players, with Long Beach Millikan having to forfeit two games.

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After retiring as president of Caltech, he remained on staff in an emeritus capacity, and was appointed the Robert Andrews Millikan professor of biology.

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Millikan is opening its season next weekend in Nevada playing Foothill in Henderson.

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