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inelastic scattering

noun

Definition of inelastic scattering

: a scattering of particles as the result of inelastic collision in which the total kinetic energy of the colliding particles changes

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 Then the accelerator was used to perform what is called deep inelastic scattering, in which electrons bombard protons and neutrons. — Dylan Loeb Mcclain, New York Times, "Richard E. Taylor, Nobel Winner Who Plumbed Matter, Is Dead at 88," 1 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of inelastic scattering

1938, in the meaning defined above

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