pondermotive

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pondermotive (comparative more pondermotive, superlative most pondermotive)

  1. (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.
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