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Hohlraum effect

Hohlraum effect noun: described by Herbert J. Mitchell and Carl Salvaggio as follows.

Noun

Hohlraum effect

  1. (spectroscopy) Described by Herbert J. Mitchell and Carl Salvaggio as follows
    • In a cavity with optically thick walls, or Hohlraum, a material surrounded in this cavity will achieve the same temperature in time as the surroundings and will become indistinguishable from the Hohlraum’s surrounding walls. It becomes indistinguishable because everything in and surrounding the...

Origin of Hohlraum effect

(At least 1960s) From the German Hohlraum (“empty room”).

Questions about Hohlraum effect

What does Hohlraum effect mean?
Hohlraum effect means described by Herbert J. Mitchell and Carl Salvaggio as follows.
What part of speech is Hohlraum effect?
Hohlraum effect is a noun.

Words near Hohlraum effect in the dictionary

  1. Hohlee
  2. Hohler
  3. Hohlers
  4. hohlkarren
  5. hohlraum
  6. Hohlraum effect
  7. hohlraums
  8. Hohls
  9. Hohman
  10. Hohmann
  11. Hohmann orbit

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