KnowraLuminiferous aetherLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Luminiferous aether, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 1Narrower topic 3Compared with 4Michelson interferometerCompared with: The interferometer was used to test whether Earth moved relative to this proposed medium.Michelson–Morley experimentNarrower topic: Its presumed rest frame supplied the motion the experiment was designed to detect.Lorentz ether theoryNarrower topic: The theory's preferred frame is the rest frame of this hypothesized medium.Albert A. MichelsonCompared with: The aether hypothesis supplied the moving medium Michelson’s experiments attempted to detect.Aether theoriesBroader topic: This is the best-known aether model, developed to explain light as a wave.Léon FoucaultCompared with: Foucault’s pendulum demonstrated terrestrial rotation without relying on an optical ether-drift test.History of special relativityNarrower topic: The theory’s development turned on whether light required this stationary medium.Edward W. MorleyCompared with: The experiment’s expected signal depended on Earth moving relative to this proposed medium.