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Cherenkov radiation

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Light emitted in the Čerenkov effect.

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  • noun Alternative form of Cerenkov radiation.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Pavel Alekseevich Cherenkov, (1904–1990), Russian physicist.]

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