robert millikan

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Definition of robert millikan in English English dictionary

born March 22, 1868, Morrison, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 19, 1953, San Marino, Calif. U.S. physicist. He received his doctorate from Columbia University and taught physics at the University of Chicago (1896-1921) and the California Institute of Technology (from 1921). To measure electric charge, he devised the Millikan oil-drop experiment. He verified Albert Einstein's photoelectric equation and obtained a precise value for the Planck constant. He was awarded a 1923 Nobel Prize

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Robert Andrews Millikan

{i} United States physicist who isolated the electron and measured its charge, winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics for his measuring the charge of the electron

Robert Andrews Millikan

born March 22, 1868, Morrison, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 19, 1953, San Marino, Calif. U.S. physicist. He received his doctorate from Columbia University and taught physics at the University of Chicago (1896-1921) and the California Institute of Technology (from 1921). To measure electric charge, he devised the Millikan oil-drop experiment. He verified Albert Einstein's photoelectric equation and obtained a precise value for the Planck constant. He was awarded a 1923 Nobel Prize

Hyphenation

Rob·ert Mil·li·kan

Turkish pronunciation

räbırt mîlıkın

Pronunciation

/ˈräbərt ˈmələkən/ /ˈrɑːbɜrt ˈmɪləkən/