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bremsstrahlung

/ˈbɹɛm.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
bremsstrahlung
IPA
/ˈbɹɛm.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bremsstrahlung (“braking or deceleration radiation”), which had been coined in German by Arnold Sommerfeld from bremsen (“to brake”) + Strahlung (“radiation”) in 1909, and was first used in English by Arthur Edward Ruark and Harold Urey in 1930.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Bremsstrahlung

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈbɹɛm.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bremsstrahlungs (plural)

Derived Forms

beamstrahlung gluonstrahlung Higgsstrahlung

Phrases

synchrotron radiation

Frequently Paired Words

synchrotron radiation

Questions

How do you pronounce bremsstrahlung?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɛm.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/.
What does bremsstrahlung mean?
The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
Where does bremsstrahlung come from?
It is traced to German.

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