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Bragg(dictionary)
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Bragg, Braxton(encyclopedia)
Bragg (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Bragg - Poker(gambling)
Fort Bragg fever(medicine)
Bragg, Sir William (Henry)(encyclopedia)
FORT BRAGG Credit Union(finance)
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bod (oh) and Bragg (iou)


bod (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: body]
BrE spoken a person
::He's a clever bod.
informal someone's body
::She's got a lovely bod.
odd bod
informal a strange person
::He's a bit of an odd bod but very pleasant.

Bragg (iou)



Bragg noun. [brag] E20.
[Sir William Henry (1862-1942) and his son Sir William Lawrence (1890-1971) Bragg, English physicists.]
Physics. Bragg law, Bragg's law, a relation giving the conditions for maximum reflection of electromagnetic waves (esp. X-rays) or particles by planes of atoms in a crystal. Hence Bragg angle, an angle of incidence at which maximum reflection occurs for a given wavelength.