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BETA PARTICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("beta particle" is a kind of...):
particle; subatomic particle (a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions)
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