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Thursday, July 1, 2004

The Compton Effect



The noun compton has 1 sense.

1. Compton, Arthur Compton, Arthur Holly Compton -- (United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962))

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