| 单词 | light pressure |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight pressure light pressure n. force exerted on a body by light incident on it; cf. radiation pressure n. at radiation n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > [noun] > pressure exerted by light pressure1893 radiation pressure1901 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > scientific effects of light > [noun] > pressure exerted by light pressure1893 1893 Electrician 11 Aug. 390/2 The question would be complicated by..the loss of their energy by radiation. In view of the Maxwell light pressure, would moment of momentum be conserved? 1901 Science 18 Oct. 588/2 The determination of the light pressure by observing the deflection..of a torsion balance when one vane of the balance was exposed to light. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 23 Oct. 5/3 There is also a small and sharply curved envelope on the side of the nucleus [of the comet] towards the sun, the presumption being that the matter ejected from the head in this direction is quickly turned back by the ‘light-pressure’ exerted by the sun. 1999 C. R. McInnes Solar Sailing (2004) ii. 32 The effect of solar radiation pressure..greatly increases, sometimes to the extent that light pressure can exceed solar gravity, thereby ejecting dust into interstellar space. < as lemmas |
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