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Compton

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billnoun	(US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
burnettnoun	A surname from Old French.
rickettnoun	A surname transferred from the given name.
incoherent scattering	—
compton effectnoun	(physics) 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
compton scatteringnoun	(physics) 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
inelastic scattering	In chemistry, nuclear physics, and particle physics, inelastic scattering is a process in which the internal states of a particle or a system of particles change after a collision.
x-ray scattering	—
compton shift	—
carltonnoun	Any of several place names in England:
coltonnoun	A placename:
eastonnoun	Any of many placenames in England:
actonnoun	(uncountable) Any of a few places in England:
winthropnoun	Any of a number of places in England, the United States of America, and elsewhere.
uptonnoun	Any of several places in England:
compton pauncefootnoun	A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6426).
charltonnoun	A number of places in England:
coombenoun	A number of places in England:
compton beauchampnoun	A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2786).
coningtonnoun	A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).