"gamma ray" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gamma rays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gamma ray (plural gamma rays)
  1. Very high frequency (and therefore very high energy) electromagnetic radiation emitted as a consequence of radioactivity. Wikipedia link: gamma ray Categories (topical): Radioactivity Synonyms: Gamma ray, gamma-ray, Gamma-ray, γ ray, Γ ray, γ-ray, Γ-ray Derived forms: gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray burst, graser Related terms: gamma radiation, T-ray, X-ray, alpha ray, beta ray Translations (very high frequency electromagnetic radiation): raig gamma [masculine] (Catalan), 伽馬射線 (Chinese Mandarin), 伽马射线 (gāmǎ shèxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 加馬射線 (Chinese Mandarin), 加马射线 (jiāmǎ shèxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 丙種射線 (Chinese Mandarin), 丙种射线 (bǐngzhǒng shèxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), gammasäde (Finnish), rayon gamma [masculine] (French), გამა გამოსხივება (gama gamosxiveba) (Georgian), გამა სხივი (gama sxivi) (Georgian), Gammastrahlung [feminine] (German), ακτίνα γάμμα (aktína gámma) [feminine] (Greek), gamma-sugár (Hungarian), gammageisli [masculine] (Icelandic), gáma-gha [masculine] (Irish), ガンマ線 (gamma-sen) (Japanese), 감마선 (gammaseon) (Korean), sinar gama (Malay), gammastråle [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gammastråle [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), raio gama [masculine] (Portuguese), ਗਾਮਾ ਕਿਰਨ (gāmā kiran) [feminine] (Punjabi), га́мма-излуче́ние (gámma-izlučénije) [neuter] (Russian), rayo gamma [masculine] (Spanish), gammastråle (Swedish), sinag-gama (Tagalog), gama ışını (Turkish), pelydryn gama [masculine] (Welsh)

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