grain sputtering osparâni-ye dâné Fr.: érosion des grains par pulvérisation The ejection of atoms from interstellar dust grains due to impact by gas ions, which leads to grain destruction. → grain; sputtering, from sputter "to spit with explosive sounds," cognate with Du. sputteren. Osparâni, verbal noun of osparândan, from os- "out of, outside," → ex- + parândan "to eject," transitive of paridan "to fly" (from Mid./Mod.Pers. par(r) "feather, wing," Av. parəna- "feather, wing;" cp. Skt. parna "feather," E. fern; PIE *porno- "feather"). |
sputtering osparâni Fr.: éjection par collision ionique The ejection of charged particles or atoms by a solid or liquid surface which undergoes collision with high-energy ions. Verbal noun of → sputter. |