any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a…
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an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
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any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with negative charge
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a…
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with negative charge
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.exceedingly short-lived meson
Used in the same subject area: Quantum physics, Physics, Particle physics.electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field
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(physics) a spectrum of radiation caused by electron transitions within an atom; the series of spectrum lines is characteristic of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.a high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.a quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electron
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a eart…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejecte…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.A bond in which atoms share electrons.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: electron, ejected, matter, ionizing, radiation.a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the…
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