Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tunnelling time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: tun-nelling -time
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount of time required for the ground state to develop the underbarrier wavefunction components necessary to attain the static field ionization rate.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

tunnelling times (plural) tunneling time (alternative)

Questions

What does tunnelling time mean?: The amount of time required for the ground state to develop the underbarrier wavefunction components necessary to attain the static field ionization rate.

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