Alpha rays

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• alpha

  alpha, n. indecl., = ἄλφα, the Greek name of the first letter of the alphabet : hoc discunt ante alp...

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• alpha

  alpha n indecl., ἄλφα, the first letter of the Greek alphabet: hoc discunt ante alpha e...

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• Alpha

  ·noun The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning...

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• Alpha

  (A), the first letter of the Greek alphabet. With Omega, the last letter, it is used in the Old Test...

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• Alpha paper

  ·add. ·- A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light. It is coated with gelatin c...

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• Becquerel rays

  ·add. ·- Radiations first observed by the French physicist Henri Becquerel, in working with uranium ...

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• Beta rays

  ·add. ·- Penetrating rays readily deflected by a magnetic or electric field, emitted by radioactive ...

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• Gamma rays

  ·add. ·- Very penetrating rays not appreciably deflected by a magnetic or electric field, emitted by...

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• Hittorf rays

  ·add. ·- Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes. ...

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• Lenard rays

  ·add. ·- Rays emanating from the outer surface of a plate composed of any material permeable by cath...

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• X rays

  ·add. ·noun ·pl ·Alt. of X-rays. ...

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• X-rays

  ·add. ·noun ·pl The Rontgen rays; — so called by their discoverer because of their enigmatical char...

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