morley

1. 1.

   United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)

   SynonymsE. W. MorleyEdward MorleyEdward Williams Morley

   Broaderchemist

Other forms of morley

plural

morleys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about morley

What does morley mean?

morley means "United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)".

How many syllables are in morley?

morley has 2 syllables: mor-ley. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /ˈmɔɹli/.

What is another word for morley?

Close synonyms include E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is morley a common word?

morley is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.