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Michelet

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• Michelin

  /French miʃəlɛ̃/ noun 1. André (ɑ̃dre). 1853–1931, French industrialist; founder, with his brother Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), of the Michelin Tyre Company (1888): the first to use demountable pneumatic tyres on motor vehicles type of tires, 1902, from French motor vehicle manufacturers André (1853-1931) and Édouard (1859-1940) Michelin, who first made the tires.

• Michelle

  [mi-shel] /mɪˈʃɛl/ noun 1. a female given name.

• Michelozzo

  /Italian mikeˈlɔttso/ noun 1. full name Michelozzo di Bartolommeo. 1396–1472, Italian architect and sculptor. His most important design was the Palazzo Riccardo for the Medici family in Florence (1444–59)

• Michelson-morley experiment

  /ˌmaɪkəlsənˈmɔːlɪ/ noun 1. an experiment first performed in 1887 by A. A. Michelson and E. W. Morley, in which an interferometer was used to attempt to detect a difference in the velocities of light in directions parallel and perpendicular to the earth’s motion. The negative result was explained by the special theory of relativity

• Michener

  [mish-ner for 1; mich-uh-ner, mich-ner for 2] /ˈmɪʃ nər for 1; ˈmɪtʃ ə nər, ˈmɪtʃ nər for 2/ noun 1. (Daniel) Roland, 1900–91, Canadian public official and diplomat: governor general 1967–74. 2. James A(lbert) 1907–97, U.S. novelist.

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