particulate radiation
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1. a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons) (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | radiation, radioactivity, |
| definition | : | the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | alpha radiation, alpha ray, |
| definition | : | the radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | neutron radiation, |
| definition | : | radiation of neutrons (as by a neutron bomb) (noun.phenomenon) |
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