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Meanings of gamma rays in anglès

A form of electromagnetic radiation or light emission of frequencies produced by sub-atomic particle interactions, such as electron-positron annihilation or radioactive decay.

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Examples for "gamma radiation"
Examples for "gamma radiation"
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Attention Chernobyl-area residents: It also protects against gamma radiation from nuclear fallout.
Wired
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Intracoronary gamma radiation therapy has been shown to reduce the restenosis index.
Pubmed
3
There is an increasingly heavy gamma radiation, but no more cosmic rays.
The Answer
4
Only concrete, steel or lead can keep gamma radiation in check.
Wired
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He'd expose himself to gamma radiation and the threat of micrometeoroids.
Earth Unaware
Usage of gamma rays in anglès
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Not all the energy of our fecund gamma rays became lower-energy photons.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
2
A feeble pulse of gamma rays passed unnoticed by the two rulers.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
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Mercury's the best metal for this use-andit'll stop gamma rays too!
The Ultimate Weapon
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I gather the gamma rays also make for increased stellar activity.
Ringworld
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Lots of other elements emit gamma rays, but there's something special about cobalt.
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
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The gamma rays are not charged with electricity at all, apparently.
The War Terror
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It let loose a lot of heat and a blast of gamma rays.
Ringworld
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They fear gamma rays and neutrons, alpha particles and beta particles.
Level 7
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Peter Parker had his radioactive spider and the Fantastic Four their gamma rays.
The Guardian
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The fungi's chemistry is altered after being bombarded by gamma rays.
Wired
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Remarkably, the quantum electrodynamic concept of gamma rays is needed to justify the model.
Pubmed
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Their right hands Clasped, and the rest was gamma rays.
The new yorker
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Be sure to keep her away from the gamma rays.
Wired
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What gives rise to these laserlike beams of gamma rays?
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
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The New Jersey-based company plans to make processors that cure meat with cobalt-60 gamma rays.
Wired
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If I get gamma rays associated with mercury, that's a common element in vermilion red.
Wired
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Gamma rays through the time
Gamma rays across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common