"alpha ray" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alpha rays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} alpha ray (plural alpha rays)
  1. A stream of alpha particles. Categories (topical): Physics, Radioactivity Translations (stream of alpha particles): а́льфа-праме́ні (álʹfa-pramjéni) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), 阿爾法射綫 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿尔法射线 (ā'ěrfǎ shèxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), alfasäde (Finnish), alfageislar [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), alfa-gha [masculine] (Irish), アルファ線 (arufa-sen) (Japanese), sinar alfa (Malay), raio alfa [masculine] (Portuguese), а̏лфа-зраке [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁlfa-zrake [Roman, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), rayo alfa [masculine] (Spanish), sinag-alpa (Tagalog)

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