mean free path

noun

, Physics, Chemistry.

1. the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.

mean free path

noun

1. the average distance travelled by a particle, atom, etc, between collisions

mean free path

1. The average distance that an object (usually an atom or molecule ) can move before colliding with something.

Example Sentences

Townsend has shown that we can deduce from the values of α the mean free path of a corpuscle.

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Townsend has shown that this value of the mean free path agrees well with the value 1⁄21 cm.

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This energy is proportional to Xeλ when X is the electric force, e the charge on the corpuscle, and λ the mean free path.

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