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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a liquid or gas, caused by collisions with molecules of the surrounding medium.
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- noun physics
Random motion ofparticles suspended in afluid , arising from those particles being struck by individualmolecules of the fluid.
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- noun the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Robert Brown.]
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Named after botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858) who investigated the movement of pollen suspended in water.
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