Meanings
nountunnelling time (countable and uncountable, plural tunnelling times)
plural tunnelling times · alternative tunneling time
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe amount of time required for the ground state to develop the underbarrier wavefunction components necessary to attain the static field ionization rate.
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