Gamma rays

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• gamma

  gamma, ae, f., = γάμμα, the Greek letter Γ, gamma. I Lit., Aus. Idyll. de Lit. 12, 21.— II Tran...

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• Gamma

  ·noun The third letter (/, / = ·Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet. ...

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• Alpha rays

  ·add. ·- Rays of relatively low penetrating power emitted by radium and other radioactive substances...

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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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• 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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