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Cerenkov radiation

(c̸hə ren′kôf′)

radiation emitted when a charged particle travels through a medium at a speed greater than the speed of light through that medium

Origin: after P. A. Cerenkov (1904-90), Russ physicist

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also Cherenkov radiation

noun

Light emitted in the Cerenkov effect.

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