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(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 .
[ tʃə'rɛŋkɒf ]
(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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004