Advertisement

Advertisement

gamma rays

plural noun

  1. streams of gamma radiation

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Although humans can't see them, radio waves are a form of light in the sense that they are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which also includes X-rays and gamma rays.

Read more on BBC

The gamma rays detected on Earth tell us a great deal about these sources, since they travel through space undisturbed.

Read more on Science Daily

Astrophysicists at the University of California, Berkeley, now argue that the axion could be discovered within seconds of the detection of gamma rays from a nearby supernova explosion.

Read more on Science Daily

Light that reaches our telescopes ranges in wavelength from long radio waves to energetic gamma rays.

Read more on Salon

The research team were simultaneously monitoring a source of gamma rays and seeking a fast radio burst when they spotted the object slowly flashing in the data.

Read more on Science Daily

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


gamma-ray burstgamma stock