Michelson-Morley experiment

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English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

the Michelson-Morley experiment

  1. (physics, historical) An attempt in 1887 to detect the existence of the luminiferous aether by comparing the speed of light in perpendicular directions.