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Definition of Michelson
1. Noun. United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931).
Generic synonyms: Physicist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Michelson
Literary usage of Michelson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lehrbuch Der Experimental-physik by Adolph Wüllner (1899)
"Die Verbesserung bestand darin, dafs Michelson eine Linse von sehr grofser ...
Die von Michelson in dieser Weise erreichte Verschiebung des Bildes war ..."
2. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1901)
"Michelson and Morley.1 315. Experiments of Michelson and Morley. ... Michelson and
Morley.* Their conclusion is that if there be any relative motion between ..."
3. Gravitation Versus Relativity: A Non-technical Explanation of the by Charles Lane Poor, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1922)
"For this reason the repetitions of the Michelson-Morley experiment recently made
at Cleveland and at Mount Wilson are of especial importance: they indicate ..."
4. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1914)
"The experiment of Michelson and Mor- ley indicating that the earth drags the
adjacent ether along with it, it occurred to Lodge' to investigate directly the ..."
5. Manual of Advanced Optics: By C. Riborg Mann by Charles Riborg Mann (1902)
"To accomplish this it is only necessary to turn the two mirrors into the
positions -CD as shown in Fig. 15. This is known as the Michelson* interferometer. ..."
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