Michelson-Morley experiment (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def a celebrated experiment conducted by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley
def 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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Hypernym experiment, experimentation
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Hyponym experiment, experimentation

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