Michelson

[ mahy-kuhl-suhn ]

noun

1. Albert Abraham, 1852–1931, U.S. physicist, born in Prussia (now Poland): Nobel Prize 1907.

Michelson

/ ˈmaɪkəlsən /

noun

1. MichelsonAlbert Abraham18521931MUSGermanSCIENCE: physicist Albert Abraham. 1852–1931, US physicist, born in Germany: noted for his part in the Michelson-Morley experiment: Nobel prize for physics 1907

Michelson

/ mī′kəl-sən /

1. German-born American physicist who (with Edward Morley) disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. Their work served as the starting point for Albert Einstein's development of the theory of relativity.

Example Sentences

“I don't know that anyone is tempted to pet these robot dogs. They do not look cuddly,” said Melissa Michelson, a political scientist at Menlo College.

From BBC

“If residents knew this crucial context,” Michelson wrote in a press release, “they would have responded differently to the survey.”

From Los Angeles Times

“We’re going to create an entire ecosystem of biotech startups and they’re going to stay right here” and attract other players to the neighborhood, Michelson said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Nonny helped kick open the door for today’s multicultural movement in children’s books,” Richard Michelson, a friend and fellow children’s author, wrote in an email.

From New York Times

My colleagues and I at Michelson Found Animals have been closely monitoring the relationship between housing availability and animal shelter populations for years.

From Los Angeles Times