HyperDic: corpuscular_radiation

English > 1 sense of the expression corpuscular radiation:
NOUNphenomenoncorpuscular radiation, particulate radiationa 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)
English > corpuscular radiation: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA 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).
Synonymparticulate radiation
Narroweralpha radiation, alpha rayThe radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay
beta radiation, beta ray, electron radiationRadiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
neutron radiationRadiation of neutrons (as by a neutron bomb)
Broaderradiation, radioactivityThe spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
Spanishradiación corpuscular

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