Brownian motion

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Brownian motion (countable and uncountable, plural Brownian motions)

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: حَرَكَة بَرَاوْنِيَّة f (ḥaraka barawniyya)
• Armenian: բրոունյան շարժում (brounyan šaržum)
• Bulgarian: Брауново движение n (Braunovo dviženie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布朗運動／布朗运动 (zh) (Bùlǎng yùndòng), 布朗运动 (zh) (Bùlǎng yùndòng)

• Crimean Tatar: broun areketi
• Czech: Brownův pohyb m
• Danish: brownsk bevægelse
• Finnish: Brownin liike (fi)
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• French: mouvement brownien (fr) m
• German: brownsche Bewegung f
• Italian: moto browniano m
• Japanese: ブラウン運動 (Buraun undō)
• Korean: 브라운 운동 (Beuraun undong)
• Portuguese: movimento browniano m
• Russian: бро́уновское движе́ние (ru) n (bróunovskoje dvižénije) (uses older translit. of name "Brown")
• Spanish: movimiento browniano m
• Swedish: brownsk rörelse c