■ noun Physics a change of wavelength exhibited by some of the radiation scattered by molecules and ions, used in spectroscopic analysis.
Origin
1920s: named after the Indian physicist C. V. Raman .
■ noun Physics a change of wavelength exhibited by some of the radiation scattered by molecules and ions, used in spectroscopic analysis.
Origin
1920s: named after the Indian physicist C. V. Raman .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004