Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poynting-robertson effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: poynt-ing-robert-son -ef-fect
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A process by which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting a star to lose angular momentum relative to its orbit around the star.

Etymology

Named after English physicist John Henry Poynting (1852–1914) and American mathematician Howard P. Robertson (1903–1961).

Inflected Forms

the Poynting-Robertson effect (canonical)

Synonyms

Poynting-Robertson drag

Questions

What does poynting-robertson effect mean?: A process by which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting a star to lose angular momentum relative to its orbit around the star.
Where does poynting-robertson effect come from?: Named after English physicist John Henry Poynting (1852–1914) and American mathematician Howard P. Robertson (1903–1961).

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