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Alpha Ray

Definition: Alpha Ray

Alpha Ray

Noun

1. The radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Alpha Ray

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

A stream of alpha particles. (references)

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

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Synonym: Alpha Ray

Synonym: alpha radiation (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Alpha Ray

Specialty definitions using "alpha ray": single-event upset. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alpha Ray

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  alpha ray

5
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Modern Translations: Alpha Ray

Language Translations for "alpha ray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kortlivet alfaemitterende nuklid (short-lived alpha ray). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kort levende alfastraling (short-lived alpha ray). (various references)

   

French

  

rayon alpha vie courte (short-lived alpha ray). (various references)

   

German

  

kurzlebiger alphaemittierender Strahl (short-lived alpha ray). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βραχύβιο σωμάτιο α (short-lived alpha ray). (various references)

   

Italian

  

raggio alfa a vita breve (short-lived alpha ray). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alphaay ayray

   

Portuguese

  

nuclídeo emissor alfa com curta duração de vida (short-lived alpha ray). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

nucleido de corta vida emisor de radiación alfa (short-lived alpha ray). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Alpha Ray

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-h-l-p-r-y"

-2 letters: parlay, phylar.

-3 letters: alary, alpha, haply, harpy, lahar, phyla, playa, ralph, rayah.

-4 letters: alar, aryl, ayah, haar, harl, harp, hyla, paly, para, play, pray, raya.

-5 letters: aah, aal, aha, ala, alp, hap, hay, hyp, lap, lar, lay, pah, pal, par, pay, ply, pry, pya, rah, rap, ray, rya, yah, yap, yar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-h-l-p-r-y"
 

+3 letters: haphazardly.

 

+5 letters: anaphorically, pharisaically.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Alpha Ray


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6C 70 68 61      52 61 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101100 01110000 01101000 01100001 00100000 01010010 01100001 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#112 &#104 &#97 &#32 &#82 &#97 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 0070 0068 0061      0052 0061 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35788274672526791

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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