释义 |
comp·ton effect \ˈkäm(p)tən-\ noun also compton scattering Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: after Arthur H. Compton died 1962 American physicist who first observed it : the scattering of an X-ray or gamma-ray photon upon impact with an electron within an atom accompanied by transfer of a part of the photon's energy to the electron with consequent loss of frequency — compare compton shift |