"gamma decay" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gamma decays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gamma decay (countable and uncountable, plural gamma decays)
  1. (physics, countable) A nuclear reaction with the emission of a gamma ray. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Physics, Radioactivity
    Sense id: en-gamma_decay-en-noun-j4T83AgP Disambiguation of Radioactivity: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 58 42 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms (measure of derivative price sensitivity): color, colour, DgammaDtime Hypernyms (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (english: includes list of coordinate terms)
    Sense id: en-gamma_decay-en-noun-VsdMIYWu Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'measure of derivative price sensitivity': 9 91 Disambiguation of 'measure of derivative price sensitivity': 9 91

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