NUCLEAR RESONANCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("nuclear resonance" is a kind of...):

resonance (an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation)

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