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de Broglie equation

noun

, Physics.
  1. the postulate of wave mechanics that a particle of mass m moving at a velocity v will have the properties of a wave of wavelength h / mv deBrogliewavelength, where h is Planck's constant.


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Origin of de Broglie equation1

Named after L.V. de Broglie

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