Brownian motion

English

Etymology

Named after botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858) who investigated the movement of pollen suspended in water.

Noun

Brownian motion (uncountable)

(physics) Random motion of particles suspended in a fluid, arising from those particles being struck by individual molecules of the fluid.

Synonyms

Brownian movement

Translations

random motion of particles suspended in a fluid

Arabic: حَرَكَة بَرَاوْنِيَّة‎‎ f (ḥaraka barawniyya)
Armenian: բրոունյան շարժում (brounyan šaržum)
Bulgarian: Брауново движение n (Braunovo dviženie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 布朗運動 (zh), 布朗运动 (zh) (Bùlǎng yùndòng)
Crimean Tatar: broun areketi
Czech: Brownův pohyb m
Danish: brownsk bevægelse
Finnish: Brownin liike (fi)

French: mouvement brownien (fr) m
German: brownsche Bewegung f
Italian: moto browniano m
Japanese: ブラウン運動 (Buraun undō)
Korean: 브라운 운동 (Beuraun undong)
Portuguese: movimento browniano m
Russian: бро́уновское движе́ние (ru) n (bróunovskoje dvižénije) (uses older translit. of name "Brown")
Spanish: movimiento browniano m

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