noun
wakefield
WAYK-feeld
noun
1
In physics, the powerful electric field trailing behind an intense laser or particle beam as it moves through a plasma, used to accelerate particles to very high energies.
"Researchers used the wakefield created in the plasma chamber to accelerate electrons over a very short distance."
How to Use Wakefield
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA physics term for the trailing energy field a fast beam creates as it plows through plasma.
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wakefields plural
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