bremsstrahlung

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US/ˈbɹɛm.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/US/ˈbɹɛms.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/US/ˈbɹɛm.strɑ.ləŋ/US/-lʊŋ/

noun

The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.

OriginGerman Bremsstrahlung →
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Meanings

nounbremsstrahlung (countable and uncountable, plural bremsstrahlungs)

plural bremsstrahlungs

  1. countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.

Origin

  1. GermanBremsstrahlung“braking or deceleration radiation”
  2. Englishbremsstrahlung

Borrowed from German Bremsstrahlung (“braking or deceleration radiation”), which had been coined in German by Arnold Sommerfeld from bremsen (“to brake”) + Strahlung (“radiation”) in 1909, and was first used in English by Arthur Edward Ruark and Harold Urey in 1930.

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Translations

German Bremsstrahlung
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Hindi अवमंदक विकिरण
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Indonesian sinar abaran
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APA

bremsstrahlung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bremsstrahlung

MLA

“bremsstrahlung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bremsstrahlung. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bremsstrahlung,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bremsstrahlung.

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