
Cerenkov
UK
/ˈtʃɛr.ən.kɒf/
US
/ˈtʃɛr.ən.kɔf/

Translation of "cerenkov" into Russian
Cerenkov
NounUK
/ˈtʃɛr.ən.kɒf/
US
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Cerenkov
Cerenkovs pl
черенковское излучение
Cerenkov radiation is emitted when a particle travels faster than the speed of light in a medium.
Черенковское излучение испускается, когда частица движется быстрее скорости света в среде.
Definitions
Cerenkov
NounUK
/ˈtʃɛr.ən.kɒf/
US
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Electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle travels through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the phase velocity of light in that medium (short for “Cerenkov radiation”).
The detector registers the Cerenkov produced by relativistic electrons.
Cerenkov
AdjectiveUK
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US
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Relating to, produced by, or involving Cerenkov radiation.
A Cerenkov detector can differentiate between particle species based on their velocities.
Cerenkov
Proper nounUK
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US
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Pavel Alekseyevich Cerenkov (1904–1990), Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate after whom Cerenkov radiation is named.
Cerenkov shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the radiation that bears his name.