# Compton effect

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the energy, of photons (especially of X-rays and gamma rays) when scattered by interaction with matter

## Etymology
Named after American physicist Arthur Compton (1892–1962).

## Source
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