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Cerenkov effects

Cerenkov effects is the plural of Cerenkov effect.

Meaning of Cerenkov effect

Noun

Cerenkov effect (plural Cerenkov effects)

  1. The emission of light (Cerenkov radiation) that occurs when a charged particle passes through an insulator at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium; the characteristic blue glow from a nuclear reactor.

Questions about Cerenkov effects

What is Cerenkov effects the plural of?
Cerenkov effects is the plural of Cerenkov effect.

Words near Cerenkov effects in the dictionary

  1. ceremonious
  2. ceremoniously
  3. ceremoniousness
  4. ceremony
  5. Cerenkov effect
  6. Cerenkov effects
  7. Cerenkov radiation
  8. cereologist
  9. cereologists
  10. cereology
  11. cereolysin

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