The more widely used meaning...
Feb. 16th, 2009 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janewilliams20This possibly brings new meaning to the term "more widely". OED word of the day.
eikonal, n. and a.
A. n. The optical path length of a ray between specified points in the object and image spaces; more widely, a function of position denoting the time taken by a wave-front to reach a specified point.
B. adj.
1. Physics. Designating an equation which expresses the eikonal in terms of the wave velocity.
2. Particle Physics. Of, pertaining to, or designating a method of approximating the behaviour of particles by the use of eikonals.
I can see I'll have to use that word more often: but only with the "more widely" used meaning, of course. Wouldn't want to be obscure.
eikonal, n. and a.
A. n. The optical path length of a ray between specified points in the object and image spaces; more widely, a function of position denoting the time taken by a wave-front to reach a specified point.
B. adj.
1. Physics. Designating an equation which expresses the eikonal in terms of the wave velocity.
2. Particle Physics. Of, pertaining to, or designating a method of approximating the behaviour of particles by the use of eikonals.
I can see I'll have to use that word more often: but only with the "more widely" used meaning, of course. Wouldn't want to be obscure.