Brownian movement

Brownian movement
/brow"nee euhn/, Physics.
the irregular motion of small particles suspended in a liquid or a gas, caused by the bombardment of the particles by molecules of the medium: first observed by Robert Brown in 1827. Also called Brownian motion.
[1870-75; Brown + -IAN]

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