Lévy glass

noun

An inhomogeneous medium, containing small spheres of varying size, in which the path of a light ray follows a Lévy flight.

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Meanings

nounLévy glass (plural Lévy glasses)

plural Lévy glasses

  1. An inhomogeneous medium, containing small spheres of varying size, in which the path of a light ray follows a Lévy flight.

Origin

Named after French mathematician Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971).

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