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    BETA RAY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Radiation of beta particles during radioactive decayplay

    Synonyms:

    beta radiation; beta ray; electron radiation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("beta ray" is a kind of...):

    ionizing radiation (high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes)

    corpuscular radiation; particulate 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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