| michelson-morley experiment | (n) 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 |
| マイケルソンモーリーの実験 | [マイケルソンモーリーのじっけん, maikerusonmo-ri-nojikken] (n) Michelson-Morley experiment (1887) [Add to Longdo] |