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NUCLEAR RESONANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("nuclear resonance" is a kind of...):
resonance (an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation)