Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 3 compound words that contain compton. The most common are listed below. Open compton in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- Compton BishopA village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3955).
- Little ComptonA village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2630).
- Long ComptonA hamlet in Ranton parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid SJ8522).
- Compton BassettA village and civil parish east of Calne, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0372).
- Clifton and ComptonA civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England.
- Compton BeauchampA hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2786).
- Compton DandoA village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6464).
- Fenny ComptonA village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4152).
- Compton DundonA village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4932).
- Compton and ShawfordA civil parish in Winchester district, Hampshire, England.
- Compton PauncefootA small village and civil parish (without a council) in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6426).
- Compton effectThe 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 scatteringThe 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 wavelengthOf a particle, the wavelength of a photon whose energy is equivalent to that particle's rest energy.
- Compton effectsplural of Compton effect: 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 wavelengthsplural of Compton wavelength: Of a particle, the wavelength of a photon whose energy is equivalent to that particle's rest energy.
Compound words 3
- BomptonCompton (a city in Los Angeles County, California).
- ComptoniteA person from or resident of Compton, California.
- ComptonizationThe result of the Compton effect; particularly, the redistribution of the energies of photons scattered by electrons in space