Cherenkov, Pavel

Che ren kov, Pavel |CHəˈreNGˌkôv, -ˌkôf, -kəf tʃəˈrɛŋˌkɔv |(also Cerenkov ) (1904 –90 ), Soviet physicist; full name Pavel Alekseevich Cherenkov. He investigated the effects of high-energy particles and discovered the cause of blue light (now called Cerenkov radiation ) emitted by radioactive substances underwater. He shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physics with Ilja Mikhailovich Frank (1908 –90 ) and Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (1895 –1971 ).

Cherenkov radiation

Che ren kov ra di a tion ▶noun variant spelling of Cerenkov radiation.

Cherepovets

Che re po vets |ˌCHerəpəˈv (y )ets ˌtʃɪrɪpəˈvjɛts | a city in northwestern Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir; pop. 308,000 (est. 2008 ).

Cheremis

Cheremis |ˈtʃɛrəmɪs | ▶noun former term for the Mari language (see Mari 2 ).

Cherenkov, Pavel

Cherenkov, Pavel |tʃɪˈrɛŋkɒf |(also Cerenkov ) (1904 –90 ), Soviet physicist; full name Pavel Alekseevich Cherenkov. He investigated the effects of high-energy particles and shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the cause of blue light (now called Cerenkov radiation ) emitted by radioactive substances underwater.

Cherenkov radiation

Che |ren |kov ra ¦di |ation ▶noun variant spelling of Cerenkov radiation.

Cherepovets

Cherepovets |ˌtʃɛrɪpəˈvjɛts | a city in NW Russia, on the Rybinsk reservoir; pop. 308,000 (est. 2008 ).

chère

chère n. f. nom féminin littéraire Nourriture. : Faire bonne chère, maigre chère, aimer la bonne chère. Note Orthographique ch ère.

chèrement

chèrement adv. 1 D ’un prix élevé. : Il devra payer chèrement sa liberté retrouvée. 2 Avec tendresse. : Aimer chèrement ses enfants. SYNONYME affectueusement ; tendrement .