Cerenkov radiation
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Cerenkov radiation/tʃəˈrɛŋkɒfreɪdɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
▶noun variant spelling of Cherenkov radiation.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Cherenkov radiation /tʃəˈrɛŋkɒf/ (also Cerenkov radiation)
▶noun Physics electromagnetic radiation emitted by particles moving in a medium at speeds faster than that of light in the same medium.
– origin 1940s: named after the Soviet physicist Pavel Cherenkov.
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