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Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect

Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect noun: any of a variety of correlation and anticorrelation effects in the intensities received by two detectors from a beam of particles.

Noun

Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect (plural Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effects)

  1. Any of a variety of correlation and anticorrelation effects in the intensities received by two detectors from a beam of particles.

Forms of Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect

pluralHanbury-Brown-Twiss effects
alternative formHanbury Brown and Twiss effect
alternative formHanbury Brown-Twiss effect

Origin of Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect

Named after Robert Hanbury Brown and Richard Q. Twiss.

Questions about Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect

What does Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect mean?
Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect means any of a variety of correlation and anticorrelation effects in the intensities received by two detectors from a beam of particles.
What part of speech is Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect?
Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect?
The plural of Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect is Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effects.

Words near Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect in the dictionary

  1. Hanbury
  2. Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect
  3. Hanbury Brown and Twiss effects
  4. Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect
  5. Hanbury Brown-Twiss effects
  6. Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect
  7. Hanburys
  8. Hanby
  9. Hanbys
  10. hance
  11. hanced

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