anomalous dispersion
noun Physics.
a sudden change in the refractive index of a material for wavelengths in the vicinity of absorption bands in the spectrum of the material.
Origin of anomalous dispersion
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby anomalous dispersion
anomalistic month,
anomalistic year,
anomalous,
anomalous complex,
anomalous correspondence,
anomalous dispersion,
anomalous monism,
anomalous zeeman effect,
anomaly,
anomer,
anomia