gamma radiation

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noun

electromagnetic radiation emitted by atomic nuclei; the wavelength is generally in the range 1 × 10 –10 to 2 × 10 –13 metres

electromagnetic radiation of very short wavelength emitted by any source, esp the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with a wavelength less than about 1 × 10 –11 metres

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Words nearby gamma radiation

gammagram, gamma hydroxybutyrate, gamma-interferon, gamma iron, gamma knife, gamma radiation, gamma ray, gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray burst, gamma rays, gamma stock

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How to use gamma 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.
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Everything serene, snow piling on trees, over lawns, on houses, before we realize that all the snow is poisoned with radiation.
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The 4M craft also includes a radiation dosimeter built by the Spanish company iC-Málaga.
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She said that whenever she came into the room, she had felt the radiation of a vast and unseen force.
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Hawking radiation for realistic black holes is a minuscule effect, and the bigger the black hole, the less radiation there is.
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The effect of the heated air which acquires its temperature by radiation from the earth's surface is to produce the winds.
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If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.
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Aboard were not only oceanographers, but marine biologists experienced in radiation physics.
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Short hard radiation emitted from the tab neutralized the claws, put them out of commission.
Second Variety|Philip Kindred Dick
Radiation tabs protected the UN troops, but if a man lost his tab he was fair game for the claws, no matter what his uniform.
Second Variety|Philip Kindred Dick

Cultural definitions for gamma radiation

gamma radiation

[ (gam-uh) ]

The most energetic radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum; it has the lowest wavelength and the highest frequency in the spectrum. Gamma rays are sent out by some radioactive nuclei. Unlike alpha radiation and beta radiation, gamma rays are not made up of particles, and they have no charge.