Definitions

1. proper noun

An American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 for his measurement of the charge of an electron.

“Robert Millikan’s work on the electron charge revolutionized the field of physics.”

2. noun

A unit of electric charge, equal to 1.602176634 × 10^-19 coulombs, named after Robert Millikan.

“The Millikan is used in many scientific experiments to measure electrical charges.”