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Compton wavelength

Compton wavelength noun: of a particle, the wavelength of a photon whose energy is equivalent to that particle's rest energy.

Noun

Compton wavelength (plural Compton wavelengths)

  1. (quantum mechanics) Of a particle, the wavelength of a photon whose energy is equivalent to that particle's rest energy.

Compton wavelength meaning in Tamil

Compton wavelength in Tamil

காம்டன் அலைநீளம்

Forms of Compton wavelength

pluralCompton wavelengths

Origin of Compton wavelength

Coined by American physicist Arthur Holly Compton in 1923.

Questions about Compton wavelength

What does Compton wavelength mean?
Compton wavelength means of a particle, the wavelength of a photon whose energy is equivalent to that particle's rest energy.
What is Compton wavelength in Tamil?
Compton wavelength in Tamil is காம்டன் அலைநீளம். See Compton wavelength meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Compton wavelength?
Compton wavelength is a noun.
What is the plural of Compton wavelength?
The plural of Compton wavelength is Compton wavelengths.

Words near Compton wavelength in the dictionary

  1. Compton effect
  2. Compton effects
  3. Compton Pauncefoot
  4. Compton scattering
  5. Compton shift
  6. Compton wavelength
  7. Compton wavelengths
  8. Comptonite
  9. Comptonization
  10. Comptonizations
  11. comptop

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