English Explanatory Dictionary

Wigner effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The displacement of atoms in a solid, caused by neutron radiation.

Word forms

Wigner effect Wigner effects

Etymology

Named after Eugene Wigner, who discovered the effect.

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