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Kapitza-Dirac effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The diffraction of matter by a standing wave of light.

Word forms

Kapitza-Dirac effect Kapitza-Dirac effects

Etymology

Named after Paul Dirac and Peter Kapitza who predicted the effect in 1933.

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