"population inversion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: population inversions [plural]
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  1. (physics) The creation of a system in which more atoms or molecules are in an excited state than in a ground state. Wikipedia link: population inversion Categories (topical): Physics Translations (creation of a system): käänteinen miehitys (Finnish), populaatioinversio (Finnish), Besetzungsinversion [feminine] (German), inversión de población (Spanish)

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