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internal conversion

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noun

Physics.

  1. the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.

Etymology

Origin of internal conversion

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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Whatever their success in effecting an internal conversion, the clerics were at minimum expected to sufficiently calm the condemned Vogel for the final component of his preparatory period, the famed “hangman's meal.”

From Slate • May 30, 2013

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