"pair production" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pair productions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pair production (countable and uncountable, plural pair productions)
  1. (physics) The simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle. Wikipedia link: pair production Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Hyponyms: Schwinger effect Translations (simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle): Paarbildung [feminine] (German), Paarerzeugung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-pair_production-en-noun-ieDXgmm1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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