radiation pressure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofradiationandpressure
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radiation
noun[U]
uk/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/
a form of energy that comes from a nuclear reaction and that can be very dangerous ...
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pressure
noun
uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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This cylindrical cavity is surrounded by a "plasma wall," which is produced as a snow-plow effect by theradiationpressurethat drives the expansion.
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Radiationpressureis also exerted on all tissues in the beam, however, and it causes the tissue to be displaced forwards very slightly.
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The balance of the gravitational force,radiationpressure, and particlesurface forces determines the equilibrium height of the particle above the glass slide.
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Physically, one looks for steady flows in the boundary driven byradiationpressure.
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This last can be treated analogously to theradiationpressure.
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Radiationpressureand energy are taken to be small in comparison with the material pressure and internal energy.
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Theradiationpressureof an ultrasound wave pushes forward the material supporting it.
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These are the results ofradiationpressureand tend to move the electrons away from the regions where the intensity of electromagnetic field is higher.
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Considering mechanical effects,radiationpressure, as evidenced by acoustic streaming, accompanies all exposure, and may be observed in vivo during clinical scanning.
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Theradiationpressureof the photons creates space charge electric fields, which cause the plasma polarization and induced charges.
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Theradiationpressureand the gravitational force on the particle determine the sensitivity of the technique.
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Magnetic field generation due toradiationpressurein a laser-produced plasma.
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This makes it easy to compute theradiationpressurein this frame.
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One technique of moving the plasma dust out of the way of a for thcoming pulse is to use electromagneticradiationpressure.
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This is termedradiationpressure(when considering local effects), or radiation force (over extended areas).
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The effects ofradiationpressureon the developing embryo and fetus are unknown.
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Under the action ofradiationpressure, and with the aid of planetary gravitational perturbations, a proportion these missives are ejected from the solar system.
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The radiation scattered by a given dust grain will interact with the nearby grains and produce aradiationpressure, which can be seen as a repulsive radiation force between grains.
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The main mechanism of interaction with a plasma under these conditions is theradiationpressuredue to a momentum change of the field reflected from the critical surface.
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The gravitational force is opposed byradiationpressureexerted by a laser beam focused on the particle from below, and by any repulsive intermolecular forces between the particle and surface.
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