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ALPHA DECAY

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• ALPHA DECAY (noun)
The noun ALPHA DECAY has 1 sense:

1. radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of an alpha particle

Familiarity information: ALPHA DECAY used as a noun is very rare.

• ALPHA DECAY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of an alpha particle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("alpha decay" is a kind of...):

decay; disintegration; radioactive decay (the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation)

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