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121Michelson-Morley experiment — Attempt to detect the velocity of the Earth with respect to ether, a hypothetical medium in space formerly proposed to carry light waves. It was first performed in Berlin in 1881 by A.A. Michelson and refined in the U.S. in 1887 by Michelson and… …
122Ozma, Project — Attempt in 1960 to detect radio signals generated by hypothetical intelligent beings from planets of other stars. Frank D. Drake born 1930 , director of the search, named the project for the princess of L. Frank Baum s imaginary Oz. The search… …
123go nap — attempt to take all five tricks in nap. ↘score or win five times. ↘risk everything in one attempt. → nap …
124European Defense Community (EDC) — Attempt by western European powers, with U.S. support, to counterbalance the overwhelming conventional military ascendancy of the Soviet Union in Europe by creating a supranational European army, including West German forces. A treaty was… …
125cloud seeding — attempt to create or grow clouds by the introduction of condensation nuclei in order to cause greater precipitation …
126locational arbitrage — Attempt to exploit discrepancies in exchange rates between banks. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
127Come on to — attempt to seduce …
128Come that on — attempt to hoodwink (someone) with an argument, device, etc., which is blatantly a deception: Don t come that on me …
