Brownian motion

English

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Etymology

Named after botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858) who investigated the movement of pollen suspended in water.

Noun

Brownian motion (uncountable)

1. (physics) Random motion of particles suspended in a fluid, arising from those particles being struck by individual molecules of the fluid.

Synonyms

• Brownian movement

Translations

random motion of particles suspended in a fluid

Arabic: حركة براونية (ar) (Háraka barauníyya) f. Armenian: բրոունյան շարժում (hy) (brounyan šaržum) Chinese: Mandarin: 布朗運動 (zh), 布朗运动 (zh) (Bùlǎng yùndòng) Czech: Brownův pohyb (cs) m. Danish: brownsk bevægelse (da) Finnish: Brownin liike (fi) French: mouvement brownien (fr) m.

German: brownsche Bewegung (de) f. Italian: moto browniano (it) m. Japanese: ブラウン運動 (ja) (Buraun undō) Korean: 브라운 운동 (ko) (Beuraun undong) Russian: броуновское движение (ru) (bróunovskoje dvižénije) n. (uses older translit. of name "Brown") Spanish: movimiento browniano (es) m.