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de Broglie wavelength

de Bro·glie wave·length [ də bràw gl wàyv length ] (plural de Bro·glie wave·lengths)


noun 
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wavelength associated with moving particle: the wavelength of the wave associated with the motion of an atomic or subatomic particle de Broglie wave that produces diffraction. The de Broglie wavelength is given by Planck's constant divided by the mass and velocity of the particle.

[Early 20th century. After Louis Victor de Broglie (1892-1987), French physicist]
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