COMPTONITE

n.A newly discovered mineral, found in drusy cavities of masses ejected from Mount Vesuvius; so called from Lord Compton, who brought it to England in 1818.

Compton

Comp ton |ˈkämptən ˈkɑmptn | an industrial city in southwestern California, just south of Los Angeles; pop. 93,851 (est. 2008 ).

Compton, Arthur Holly

Comp ton, Arthur Holly |ˈkämptən ˈkɑmptn | (1892 –1962 ), US physicist. He observed the Compton effect and thus demonstrated the dual particle and wave properties of electromagnetic radiation and matter, as predicted by quantum theory. Nobel Prize for Physics (1927 ), shared with C. T. R. Wilson.

Compton, Denis

Comp |ton |ˈkɒmpt (ə )n | (1918 –97 ), English cricketer and footballer; full name Denis Charles Scott Compton. He played cricket for Middlesex and England, and football for Arsenal and England.

Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy

Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy |ˌkɒmptənbəːˈnɛt, -ˈbəːnɪt | (1884 –1969 ), English novelist. Notable novels: Brothers and Sisters (1929 ), A Family and a Fortune (1939 ), and Manservant and Maidservant (1947 ).

Compton effect

Comp ton ef fect ▶noun Physics an increase in wavelength of X-rays or gamma rays that occurs when they are scattered. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after A. H. Compton (see Compton, Arthur Holly ).

Compton

Comp ton |ˈkämptən ˈkɑmptn | an industrial city in southwestern California, just south of Los Angeles; pop. 93,851 (est. 2008 ).

Compton, Arthur Holly

Comp |ton |ˈkɒmpt (ə )n | (1892 –1962 ), American physicist. He observed the Compton effect and thus demonstrated the dual particle and wave properties of electromagnetic radiation and matter, as predicted by quantum theory. Nobel Prize for Physics (1927 ).

Compton, Denis

Comp |ton |ˈkɒmpt (ə )n | (1918 –97 ), English cricketer and footballer; full name Denis Charles Scott Compton. He played cricket for Middlesex and England, and football for Arsenal and England.

Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy

Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy |ˌkɒmptənbəːˈnɛt, -ˈbəːnɪt | (1884 –1969 ), English novelist. Notable novels: Brothers and Sisters (1929 ), A Family and a Fortune (1939 ), and Manservant and Maidservant (1947 ).

Compton effect

Comp |ton ef ¦fect ▶noun Physics an increase in wavelength of X-rays or gamma rays that occurs when they are scattered. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after A. H. Compton (see Compton, Arthur Holly ).

Comptoneffekt

Comp ton ef fekt Substantiv, maskulin Physik , der |ˈkɔmptən …|der Comptoneffekt; Genitiv: des Comptoneffekt [e ]s nach dem amerikanischen Physiker A. H. Compton, 1892 –1962 mit einer Änderung der Wellenlänge verbundene Streuung elektromagnetischer Wellen