pondermotive
English
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Adjective
[edit]pondermotive (comparative more pondermotive, superlative most pondermotive)
- (physics) Describing the ability of light to cause motion, due to the momentum of its photons
- 2001, S. C. Abbi, Nonlinear Optics and Laser Spectroscopy, page 146:
- One such effect is the pondermotive energy which is a key to the understanding of intense field effects.