mean free path
the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
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How to use mean free path in a sentence
Townsend has shown that we can deduce from the values of α the mean free path of a corpuscle.
Townsend has shown that this value of the mean free path agrees well with the value 1⁄21 cm.
This energy is proportional to Xeλ when X is the electric force, e the charge on the corpuscle, and λ the mean free path.
British Dictionary definitions for mean free path
the average distance travelled by a particle, atom, etc, between collisions
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Cultural definitions for mean free path
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