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非弾性散乱 (hidanseisanran) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

非ひ弾だん性せい散さん乱らん

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Meanings

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inelastic scattering

Technical term in physics for scattering where kinetic energy is not conserved; energy may be transferred to internal excitation.

中ちゅう性せい子しの非ひ弾だん性せい散さん乱らんを測そく定

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We measured the inelastic scattering of neutrons.

Kanji

非un-, mistake, negative
弾bullet, twang, flip
性sex, gender, nature
散scatter, disperse, spend
乱riot, war, disorder

Related words

弾だん性せい散さん乱らん
Elastic scattering, where kinetic energy is conserved. Contrasts with 非弾性散乱.

Built from

非ひ+弾だん性せい散さん乱らん

Etymology

Compound of 非 (non-), 弾性 (elasticity), and 散乱 (scattering). A direct calque of the English 'inelastic scattering'.