A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
dispersion coefficient — 1. A measure of the spreading of a flowing substance due to the nature of the porous medium, with its interconnected channels distributed at random in all directions [22]. 2. The sum of the coefficients of mechanical dispersion and… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
convective diffusion — See mechanical dispersion, coefficient … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
diffusion, convective — See mechanical dispersion, coefficient … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Péclet number — 1. measure of the relative contribution of mechanical dispersion and diffusion to solute transport. It relates the effectiveness of mass transport by advection to the ? =? ? ? ?!!! ? ? ? vx D C x P C x e ? ? … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… … Universalium
spectroscopy — spectroscopist /spek tros keuh pist/, n. /spek tros keuh pee, spek treuh skoh pee/, n. the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis. [1865 70; SPECTRO + SCOPY] * * * Branch of analysis devoted to identifying… … Universalium
Monte Carlo methods for electron transport — The Monte Carlo method for electron transport is a semiclassical Monte Carlo(MC) approach of modeling semiconductor transport. Assuming the carrier motion consists of free flights interrupted by scattering mechanisms, a computer is utilized to… … Wikipedia
Optics — For the book by Sir Isaac Newton, see Opticks. Optical redirects here. For the musical artist, see Optical (artist). Optics includes study of dispersion of light. Optics is the branch of … Wikipedia
Thermal power station — Republika Power Plant, a thermal power station in Pernik, Bulgaria … Wikipedia
Van der Waals force — In physical chemistry, the van der Waals force (or van der Waals interaction), named after Dutch scientist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, is the sum of the attractive or repulsive forces between molecules (or between parts of the same molecule)… … Wikipedia
