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tunnelling time

tunnelling time noun: the amount of time required for the ground state to develop the underbarrier wavefunction components necessary to attain the static field ionization rate.

Noun

tunnelling time (countable and uncountable, plural tunnelling times)

  1. The amount of time required for the ground state to develop the underbarrier wavefunction components necessary to attain the static field ionization rate.

Forms of tunnelling time

pluraltunnelling times
alternative formtunneling time

Questions about tunnelling time

What does tunnelling time mean?
Tunnelling time means the amount of time required for the ground state to develop the underbarrier wavefunction components necessary to attain the static field ionization rate.
What part of speech is tunnelling time?
Tunnelling time is a noun.
What is the plural of tunnelling time?
The plural of tunnelling time is tunnelling times.

Words near tunnelling time in the dictionary

  1. tunnelled
  2. tunneller
  3. tunnellers
  4. tunnellike
  5. tunnelling
  6. tunnelling time
  7. tunnelling times
  8. tunnellings
  9. tunnellist
  10. tunnellists
  11. Tunnells

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