ALPHA RAY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay

Synonyms:

alpha radiation; alpha ray

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("alpha ray" is a kind of...):

ionizing radiation (high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes)

corpuscular radiation; particulate radiation (a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons))

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