pondermotive

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Adjective

pondermotive (comparative more pondermotive, superlative most pondermotive)

1. (physics) Describing the ability of light to cause motion, due to the momentum of its photons
   • 2001, S. C. Abbi, Nonlinear Optics and Laser Spectroscopy, page 146:

     One such effect is the pondermotive energy which is a key to the understanding of intense field effects.

Related terms

• ponderomotive