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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | The radioactive transformation of a nuclide by alpha-particle emission. Also called alpha disintegration.The decay product is the nuclide having a mass number four units smaller and an atomic number two units smaller than the original nuclide. (references) |
Physics | The emission of a nucleus of a helium atom from the nucleus of an element, generally of a heavy element, in the process of its radioactive decay. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
| Nuclear processes |
Radioactive decay processes
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In alpha decay an atomic nucleus ejects an alpha particle and transforms into a nucleus with mass number 4 less and atomic number 2 less. For example
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Crosswords: ALPHA DECAY |
| Specialty definitions using "ALPHA DECAY": alpha disintegration ♦ pleochroic halo. (references) |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alpha decay | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "ALPHA DECAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | alfa-henfald, alfahenfald. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alfa-verval, alfaverval, alfa-desintegratie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alfavaimentuminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | désintégration alpha. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Alphazerfall, Alphaumwandlung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποσύνθεση άλφα, διάσπαση άλφα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | disintegrazione alfa, decadimento alfa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alphaay ecayday desintegración alfa. (various references) alfasönderfall. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-e-h-l-p-y" | |
-2 letters: cephalad. | |
-3 letters: acaleph, alcayde, cheaply, palaced. | |
-4 letters: alcade, alpaca, apache, chapel, clayed, leachy, palace, peachy, phylae, placed, played, pleach. | |
-5 letters: aahed, ached, ahead, aleph, alpha, apace, caped, chape, cheap, chela, chyle, clade, dacha, decal, decay, delay, hadal, haled, haply, hayed, heady, hyped, laced, lacey, layed, leach, leady, lycea, paced, pacha, padle, palea, paled, payed. | |
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