anomalous dispersion

anomalous dispersion

noun Physics.
a sudden change in the refractive index of a material for wavelengths in the vicinity of absorption bands in the spectrum of the material.

Origin:
1880–85
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the property of a fluid that resists the force tending to cause the fluid to flow; the measure of the extent to which a fluid possesses this property
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