Moseley\'s law

Moseley's law

noun Physics.
the observed law that the square root of the frequencies of lines in atomic x-ray spectra depends linearly on the atomic number of the emitting atom.

Origin:
named after H. G. J. Moseley
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the attractive effect of matter on other matter; the region surrounding an astronomical body in which the force of gravitation is strong
the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body
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