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Cherenkov effect
Che·ren·kov effect C0275125 (chə-rĕng′kôf, -kəf) also Če·ren·kov effect (chə-rĕng′kôf, -kəf)n. The emission of light by a charged particle passing through a transparent nonconducting liquid or solid material at a speed greater than the speed of light in that material. [After Pavel Alekseevich Cherenkov (1904-1990), Russian physicist.] |