Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depumping

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: depump-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That returns an atom (etc) to its ground state (or a less excited state)

Example Sentences

"The depumping laser increases atom number in the magnetic trap and subsequent cooling stages by up to 65 % for the bosonic isotopes and up to 30 % for the fermionic isotope of strontium."

Etymology

From de- + pumping.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Questions

What does depumping mean?: That returns an atom (etc) to its ground state (or a less excited state)
Where does depumping come from?: From de- + pumping.

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