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beta ray

noun

radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay

• Syn: ↑beta radiation, ↑electron radiation

• Hypernyms: ↑corpuscular radiation, ↑particulate radiation, ↑ionizing radiation

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noun

1. : beta particle

2. or beta radiation : a stream of beta particles

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Physics.

a stream of beta particles.

[1900-05]

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ˈbeta particle 8 [beta particle beta particles] (also ˈbeta ray ; ) noun (physics)

a fast-moving ↑electron that is produced when some ↑radioactive substances decay

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the properties of beta particles

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beta particle emission

Useful english dictionary. 2012.