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Compton effects

Compton effects is the plural of Compton effect.

Meaning of Compton effect

Noun

Compton effect (plural Compton effects)

  1. The increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the energy, of photons (especially of X-rays and gamma rays) when scattered by interaction with matter

Questions about Compton effects

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

Words near Compton effects in the dictionary

  1. Compton Beauchamp
  2. Compton Bishop
  3. Compton Dando
  4. Compton Dundon
  5. Compton effect
  6. Compton effects
  7. Compton Pauncefoot
  8. Compton scattering
  9. Compton shift
  10. Compton wavelength
  11. Compton wavelengths

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