annihilation radiation

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noun Physics.

electromagnetic radiation produced by the coalescence and mutual annihilation of an atomic particle and its antiparticle, generally a positron and an electron, each pair forming two photons having a minimum energy of 0.5 million electron volts each.

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Origin of annihilation radiation

First recorded in 1960–65

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How to use annihilation radiation in a sentence

He was very familiar with the reality of what could happen: Tokyo could be covered with a really high dosage of radiation.
Takashi Murakami’s Art From Disaster|Justin Jones|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nazi texts proclaimed that the annihilation or expulsion of the Armenians was a “compelling necessity.”
The 20th-Century Dictator Most Idolized by Hitler|William O’Connor|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Everything serene, snow piling on trees, over lawns, on houses, before we realize that all the snow is poisoned with radiation.
The Internet Embedded in Your Head|J.T. Price|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 4M craft also includes a radiation dosimeter built by the Spanish company iC-Málaga.
Luxembourg and China Team Up on Private Mission to the Moon|Matthew R. Francis|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She said that whenever she came into the room, she had felt the radiation of a vast and unseen force.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The object of these scarli is to manifest the popular exultation at the annihilation of feudal tyranny.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
To his excited imagination, we time and again escaped complete wreck and annihilation by a mere hair's breadth.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Its history was no doubt as stirring as that of others of the border castles, which more fortunately escaped annihilation.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
The effect of the heated air which acquires its temperature by radiation from the earth's surface is to produce the winds.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler