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

Trailing most of the game with five transfer students still not declared eligible, top-ranked Sierra Canyon turned to point guard Jordan Askew to deliver a 67-65 win over Millikan on Wednesday night.

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Other schools found to have ineligible players this season include Long Beach Millikan, Compton, Bellflower, Victor Valley and Orange Lutheran.

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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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