MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Michelson-Morley experiment mean? 

• MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT (noun)
  The noun MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT has 1 sense:

1. a celebrated experiment conducted by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley; their failure to detect any influence of the earth's motion on the velocity of light was the starting point for Einstein's theory of relativity

  Familiarity information: MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT (noun)

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Meaning:

A celebrated experiment conducted by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley; their failure to detect any influence of the earth's motion on the velocity of light was the starting point for Einstein's theory of relativity

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Michelson-Morley experiment" is a kind of...):

experiment; experimentation (the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation)