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tunneling effect(medicine)
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tunneling effect (medicine) and staffage (iou)


tunneling effect (medicine)


tunneling effect
<radiobiology> In quantum mechanics, a particle approaching a potential energy barrier of finite extent has a chance (usually small) of tunneling through the barrier, even though it lacks the energy to go over the barrier. Tunneling plays a strong role in fusion reactions: particles which do not have enough energy to climb over the electrostatic energy barrier (into the region where nuclear attractions dominate) can still fuse by tunneling through.


staffage (iou)



staffage noun. L19.
[German, pseudo-French form. from staffieren fit out, decorate, perh. from Old French estoffer, from estoffe STUFF noun.]
Accessory items in a painting, esp. figures or animals in a landscape picture.