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Biefeld-Brown effect

Biefeld-Brown effect proper noun: an electrical phenomenon that produces an ionic wind that transfers its momentum to surrounding neutral particles, observed on an asymmetric capacitor when high voltage is applied to the electrodes.

Proper noun

Biefeld-Brown effect

  1. An electrical phenomenon that produces an ionic wind that transfers its momentum to surrounding neutral particles, observed on an asymmetric capacitor when high voltage is applied to the electrodes.

Origin of Biefeld-Brown effect

Named by inventor Thomas Townsend Brown after himself and astronomy professor Paul Alfred Biefeld, his former teacher and possibly co-experimenter.

Questions about Biefeld-Brown effect

What does Biefeld-Brown effect mean?
Biefeld-Brown effect means an electrical phenomenon that produces an ionic wind that transfers its momentum to surrounding neutral particles, observed on an asymmetric capacitor when high voltage is applied to the electrodes.
What part of speech is Biefeld-Brown effect?
Biefeld-Brown effect is a proper noun.

Words near Biefeld-Brown effect in the dictionary

  1. Biedermans
  2. Biedermeier
  3. Biedma
  4. Biedscheid
  5. Biedscheids
  6. Biefeld-Brown effect
  7. Biegala
  8. Biegel
  9. Biegels
  10. Biegler
  11. Bieglers

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