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    PARTICULATE RADIATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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)play

    Synonyms:

    corpuscular radiation; particulate radiation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("particulate radiation" is a kind of...):

    radiation; radioactivity (the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "particulate radiation"):

    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))

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