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Meaning of Ramsauer effect in English:

Ramsauer effect

noun

Physics

  • The sharp decrease, almost to zero, of the scattering cross-section of atoms of inert gases for electrons with energies below a certain critical value. Also called Ramsauer–Townsend effect.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.