| NOUN | phenomenon | particulate radiation, corpuscular radiation | a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons) |
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| Meaning | A stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons). | |
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| Synonym | corpuscular radiation | |
| Narrower | alpha radiation, alpha ray | The radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay |
| beta radiation, beta ray, electron radiation | Radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay | |
| neutron radiation | Radiation of neutrons (as by a neutron bomb) | |
| Broader | radiation, radioactivity | The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay |
| Spanish | radiación corpuscular | |
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