Term: michelson-morley experiment: 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
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: run: (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: oil meal: ground oil cake
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: australian dollar: the basic unit of money in Australia and Nauru
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: sigma: the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: explosive trace detection: a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: durables: consumer goods that are not destroyed by use
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: telocentric chromosome: a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: parturiency: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: timothy: a grass grown for hay
Broader: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Unrelated: flying jib: the outermost of two or more jibs