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ALPHA PARTICLES

"ALPHA PARTICLES" is a plural of: alpha particle.


Specialty Definition: ALPHA PARTICLES

DomainDefinition

Computing

Alpha particles n. See bit rot. Source: Jargon File.

Health

Positively charged particles composed of two protons and two neutrons, i.e., helium nuclei, emitted during disintegration of very heavy isotopes; a beam of alpha particles or an alpha ray has very strong ionizing power, but weak penetrability. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: ALPHA PARTICLES

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Calefaction

Cauterizer; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa; acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia; catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ALPHA PARTICLES

English words defined with "ALPHA PARTICLES": alpha radiation, alpha ray, atomic number 101, atomic number 98californium, Cf, corpuscular radiation, cosmic rayMd, mendelevium, mVparticulate radiation. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ALPHA PARTICLES": alpha flux, alpha raysbit rotcosmic radiationion pairQuality factorradioactive gas, radioactive ionization gage. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ALPHA PARTICLES

DomainTitle

Books

  • Stopping Powers & Ranges for Protons & Alpha Particles (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Modern Translation: ALPHA PARTICLES

Language Translations for "ALPHA PARTICLES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

èástice alfa. (various references)

   

Danish

  

alfapartikler med stor raekkevidde (long range alpha particles), radioaktiv isotop,som udsender alfa-partikler (radio-element emitting alpha particles), forsinkede alfapartikler (delayed alpha particles). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

alfadeeltjes uitzendend stralingselemente (radio-element emitting alpha particles), vertraagd vrijkomende alfadeeltjes (delayed alpha particles), verreikende alfadeeltjes (long range alpha particles), nakomende alfadeeltjes (delayed alpha particles). (various references)

   

French

  

radioélément émetteur de particules alpha (radio-element emitting alpha particles), particules alpha retardées (delayed alpha particles), particules alpha de long parcours (long range alpha particles), particules alpha portée longue (long range alpha particles). (various references)

   

German

  

Alphateilchen grosser Reichweite (long range alpha particles), Alphapartikel abgebendes Strahlenelement (radio-element emitting alpha particles), verzoegerte Alphateilchen (delayed alpha particles). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ραδιοϊσότοπα που εκπέμπουν σωματίδια άλφα (radio-element emitting alpha particles). (various references)

   

Italian

  

radioelemento che emette particelle alfa (radio-element emitting alpha particles), particelle alfa ritardate (delayed alpha particles), particelle alfa a lungo percorso (long range alpha particles), particelle alfa a lungo intervallo (long range alpha particles), particelle alfa a lunga portata (long range alpha particles). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alphaay articlespay

   

Portuguese

  

elemento radioactivo emissor de particulas alfa (radio-element emitting alpha particles). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

radioelemento emisor de partículas alfa (radio-element emitting alpha particles). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

långtnående alfapartikel (long range alpha particles), fördröjda alfapartiklar (delayed alpha particles). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ALPHA PARTICLES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-h-i-l-l-p-p-r-s-t"

-4 letters: applecarts, aspherical, caliphates.

-5 letters: achilleas, applecart, appraisal, asphaltic, aspiratae, caliphate, callipers, chapaties, chapiters, chappatis, claptraps, crappiest, hepaticas, hillcrest, palaestra, palliates, papillate, parietals, particles, periplast, placaters, prechills, psalteria, rachillae, scrapheap, spherical, tailraces, theriacal, theriacas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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