trapped rainbow
n.— «Scientists in Britain said Wednesday they were able to slow and then stop a squirt of light in what they described as a key step towards the future of ultra-fast computing. The technique, called “trapped rainbow,” would help optical data storage, with light replacing electrons to store information.» —“”Trapped rainbow” could herald new dawn for computing” in Paris Agence France-Presse Nov. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
How did the term Bohemian come to be associated with literary and artistic nonconformists who live outside mainstream society? In the early 19th century, the French term La bohème was applied to the Romani people, also known as the Roma, a...
It’s hard to remember how to spell the names of some cities. Tallahassee, Florida, for example. Then there are towns with very few letters to remember. Y, a tiny town in northern France, has only two main streets, which come together to form...