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Michelson
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Mi·chel·son  (mkl-sn), Albert Abraham 1852-1931.
German-born American physicist who with Edward Morley disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. He won a 1907 Nobel Prize in physics.
Michelson [ˈmaɪkəlsən]
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(Biographies / Michelson, Albert Abraham (1852-1931) M, USnational of birth: German, SCIENCE: physicist) 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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Noun1.Michelson - United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931)
A. A. Michelson, Albert Abraham Michelson, Albert Michelson


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