pondermotive

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adjective

Describing the ability of light to cause motion, due to the momentum of its photons

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Meanings

adjectivepondermotive (comparative more pondermotive, superlative most pondermotive)

comparative more pondermotive · superlative most pondermotive

  1. natural sciencesDescribing the ability of light to cause motion, due to the momentum of its photons

    One such effect is the pondermotive energy which is a key to the understanding of intense field effects.

    2001, S. C. Abbi, Nonlinear Optics and Laser Spectroscopy, page 146
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