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Lévy glass

Lévy glass noun: an inhomogeneous medium, containing small spheres of varying size, in which the path of a light ray follows a Lévy flight.

Noun

Lévy glass (plural Lévy glasses)

  1. An inhomogeneous medium, containing small spheres of varying size, in which the path of a light ray follows a Lévy flight.

Forms of Lévy glass

pluralLévy glasses

Origin of Lévy glass

Named after French mathematician Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971).

Questions about Lévy glass

What does Lévy glass mean?
Lévy glass means an inhomogeneous medium, containing small spheres of varying size, in which the path of a light ray follows a Lévy flight.
What part of speech is Lévy glass?
Lévy glass is a noun.
What is the plural of Lévy glass?
The plural of Lévy glass is Lévy glasses.

Words near Lévy glass in the dictionary

  1. Lérouville
  2. Lévis
  3. Lévy
  4. Lévy flight
  5. Lévy flights
  6. Lévy glass
  7. Lévy glasses
  8. Lévy hierarchy
  9. Lévy walk
  10. Lévy walks
  11. Lézignan-Corbières

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