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| brems·strah·lung [ bréms shtrləng, brémz shtrləng ] |
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kind of electromagnetic radiation: the electromagnetic radiation that is produced by an electrically charged subatomic particle such as an electron when it is suddenly slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus
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| [Mid-20th century. < German< bremsen "brake" + Strahlung "radiation"] |
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