English Explanatory Dictionary

Michelson-Morley experiment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An attempt in 1887 to detect the existence of the luminiferous aether by comparing the speed of light in perpendicular directions.

Word forms

Michelson-Morley experiment the Michelson-Morley experiment

Etymology

Named after American physicists Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley, who performed the experiment.

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