gamma
noun
the third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ).
gammas
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pluralof gamma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A couple of hundred gammas per minute leak out through each hole, forming a pair of gamma-ray beams.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2013
Just because the gammas emerge in pairs doesn’t mean they are entangled, though.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2013
To improve on the experiment, I need to beat down the accidental rate—in particular, the rate caused by gammas traveling straight from the sodium to the Geiger counter rather than scattering off the aluminum.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2013
On the opposite side of the fault from ground zero, the intensity of the magnetic field was found to have dropped by as much as eleven gammas after the test.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, two of them must have alpha, two beta, and of the next two pairs one has certainly drawn gammas and the other deltas, so that four letters have been used up over eight competitors.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
