Trouton-Noble experiment

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Trouton-Noble experiment [¦trü·tən ′nō·bəl ik′sper·ə·mənt]

(electromagnetism)

An experiment to detect ether drift by measuring the deflection of a charged parallel plate capacitor which is suspended so that it is free to turn.

(relativity)

An experiment to measure the torque acting on a suspended, charged parallel-plate capacitor; the observed absence of the torque supports the special theory of relativity.

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