卡 西 米 尔 效 应

Kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìngdictionary entry

Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)

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卡西米爾效應 卡西米尔效应 [Ka3 xi1 mi3 er3 xiao4 ying4] /Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)/

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Other forms in these source records: 卡西米爾效應

卡
kǎ
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhāng],片[piàn] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ]) / cassette
qiǎ
to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [kǎ]
西
xī
west
Xī
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá] / Spanish
米
mǐ
uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan
Mǐ
surname Mi
尔
ěr
thus / so / like that / you / thou
效
xiào
to imitate (variant of 效[xiào]) / effect / efficacy / to imitate
应
yīng
to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall
yìng
to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with
Yīng
surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Yìng]

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