mean free path
noun
: the average distance traversed between collisions by particles (such as molecules of a gas or free electrons in metal) in a system of agitated particles
Word History
First Known Use
1879, in the meaning defined above
- spiral conveyor
- spiral duct
- spiral galaxy
- spiral gear
- spiral gearing
- spiral grain
- spiral head
- spiral milling
- spiral of ar
- spiral of Archimedes
- spiral reverse bandage
- spiral spring
- spiral staircase
- spiral stairs
- spiral vessel
- spiral wheel
- spiral-bound
- spirale
- spiraled
- spiraler
- spiralest
- spiralia
- spiraliform
- spiraling
- spiralism