Millikan

American

[mil-i-kuhn] / ˈmɪl ɪ kən /

noun

Robert Andrews, 1868–1953, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1923.

Millikan British

/ ˈmɪlɪkən /

noun

Robert Andrews. 1868–1953, US physicist. He measured the charge of an electron (1910), verified Einstein's equation for the photoelectric effect (1916), and studied cosmic rays; Nobel prize for physics 1923

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Millikan Scientific

/ mĭl′ĭ-kən /

American physicist who measured the electron charge and experimentally verified Einstein's equation describing the photoelectric effect. For this work he received the 1923 Nobel Prize for physics. Milllikan also proved the existence of (and coined the term for) cosmic rays.

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Long Beach Millikan 7, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 0: The Rams scored seven runs in the seventh inning.

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In the 1920s, Nobel Prize winner Robert Millikan refined the formula.

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Trailing most of the game with five transfer students still not declared eligible, top-ranked Sierra Canyon turned to point guard Jordan Askew to deliver a 67-65 win over Millikan on Wednesday night.

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