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Wien's displacement law

Wien's displacement law proper noun: a law stating that the blackbody radiation curve for different temperatures will peak at different wavelengths that are inversely proportional to the temperature.

Proper noun

Wien's displacement law

  1. A law stating that the blackbody radiation curve for different temperatures will peak at different wavelengths that are inversely proportional to the temperature.

Origin of Wien's displacement law

Discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Wien.

Questions about Wien's displacement law

What does Wien's displacement law mean?
Wien's displacement law means a law stating that the blackbody radiation curve for different temperatures will peak at different wavelengths that are inversely proportional to the temperature.
What part of speech is Wien's displacement law?
Wien's displacement law is a proper noun.

Words near Wien's displacement law in the dictionary

  1. Wien approximation
  2. Wien bridge
  3. Wien bridges
  4. Wien effect
  5. Wien effects
  6. Wien's displacement law
  7. Wiencek
  8. Wienceks
  9. Wieneke
  10. Wienekes
  11. wiener

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