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mössbauer effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
moss-bauer -ef-fect
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the resonant and recoil-free emission and absorption of gamma rays by atoms in the solid state; the basis of a type of spectroscopy with applications in both physics and chemistry

Etymology

After Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist.

Inflected Forms

Mössbauer effects (plural)

Synonyms

nuclear gamma resonance fluorescence recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence

Questions

What does mössbauer effect mean?
the resonant and recoil-free emission and absorption of gamma rays by atoms in the solid state; the basis of a type of spectroscopy with applications in both physics and chemistry
Where does mössbauer effect come from?
After Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist.

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