Usually means: Emission of light by particles.
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  1. Cerenkov effect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Cerenkov effect: Wiktionary
  3. Cerenkov effect: Dictionary.com
  4. Cerenkov effect: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cerenkov effect)

noun:  (physics) The emission of light (Cerenkov radiation) that occurs when a charged particle passes through an insulator at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium; the characteristic blue glow from a nuclear reactor.

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