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.
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A particle of light or electromagnetic 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 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.an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
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 measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, 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: particle, light, electromagnetic, 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: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: particle, light, electromagnetic, radiation.(physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained…
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