Bragg angle

noun

ˈbrag-

: the small angle between an incident X-ray beam and the diffracting planes of a crystal compare bragg's law

Word History

Etymology

after Sir William Henry Bragg †1942 and Sir William Lawrence Bragg †1971 English physicists

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