Knudsen flow

English

Etymology

From Martin Knudsen, Danish physicist.

Noun

Knudsen flow (plural Knudsen flows)

1. (physics) The flow of a gas in which the mean free path of its molecules is much longer than the characteristic dimension of the tube etc that it is flowing through.

Synonyms

• free molecule flow

Translations

flow of a gas

• Hungarian: Knudsen-áramlás