"nuclear halo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nuclear halos [plural], nuclear haloes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|nuclear haloes}} nuclear halo (plural nuclear halos or nuclear haloes)
  1. A bunch of protons and/or neutrons orbiting a nucleus, giving the nucleus a bigger radius than it should have. Such a nucleus is called a halo nucleus. Wikipedia link: nuclear halo Categories (topical): Neutron, Nuclear physics, Radioactivity
    Sense id: en-nuclear_halo-en-noun-VTAMcSY2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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