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Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S.
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Meaning of "gamma rays" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GAMMA RAYS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAMMA RAYS

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Gamma rays is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GAMMA RAYS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gamma rays

Gamma ray

Gamma radiation, also known as gamma rays, and denoted by the Greek letter γ, refers to electromagnetic radiation of extremely high frequency and therefore high energy per photon. Gamma rays are ionizing radiation, and are thus biologically hazardous. They are classically produced by the decay from high energy states of atomic nuclei, but are also created by other processes. Paul Villard, a French chemist and physicist, discovered gamma radiation in 1900, while studying radiation emitted from radium. Villard's radiation was named "gamma rays" by Ernest Rutherford in 1903. Natural sources of gamma rays on Earth include gamma decay from naturally occurring radioisotopes, and secondary radiation from atmospheric interactions with cosmic ray particles. Rare terrestrial natural sources produce gamma rays that are not of a nuclear origin, such as lightning strikes and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes. Additionally, gamma rays are also produced by a number of astronomical processes in which very high-energy electrons are produced, that in turn cause secondary gamma rays via bremsstrahlung, inverse Compton scattering and synchrotron radiation.

Definition of gamma rays in the English dictionary

The definition of gamma rays in the dictionary is streams of gamma radiation.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAMMA RAYS

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gamma hydroxybutyrate
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gamma knife
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gamma stock
gamma-aminobutyric acid
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WORDS THAT END LIKE GAMMA RAYS

always
anyways
both ways
cathode rays
cosmic rays
days
early days
grenz rays
halcyon days
have it both ways
it´s early days
nowadays
old days
sideways
soft X-rays
stays
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swing both ways
weekdays
yesterdays

Synonyms and antonyms of gamma rays in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gamma rays» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAMMA RAYS

Find out the translation of gamma rays to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gamma rays from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gamma rays» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伽玛射线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rayos gamma
570 millions of speakers

English

gamma rays
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गामा किरणें
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أشعة غاما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гамма-лучи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raios gama
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গামারশ্মি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gamma
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sinar gamma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gammastrahlen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガンマ線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감마선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gamma sinar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tia gam ma
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காமா கதிர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गामा किरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gama ışınları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raggi gamma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

promieniowanie gamma
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гамма - промені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

raze gamma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακτίνες γάμμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gammastrale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gammastrålar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gammastråler
5 millions of speakers

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The term «gamma rays» is regularly used and occupies the 72.500 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gamma rays

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3 QUOTES WITH «GAMMA RAYS»

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John Hersey
The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness; it was the direct reaction to the bombardment of the body, at the moment when the bomb went off, by neutrons, beta particles, and gamma rays.
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Timothy Murphy
Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S.
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Claude Nicollier
In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the short wavelength range towards the gamma rays or the x-rays.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAMMA RAYS»

Discover the use of gamma rays in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gamma rays and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds ...
Paul Zindel's compelling and inspirational Pulitzer Prize-winning play that was made into a motion picture directed by Paul Newman starring Joanne Woodward.
Paul Zindel, 2012
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The Universe in Gamma Rays
This book, written by well-known experts, gives the first comprehensive presentation of this field of research, addressing both graduate students and researchers.
V. Schönfelder, 2001
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Technology and Law Enforcement: From Gumshoe to Gamma Rays
"Using many real-life examples and first-hand anecdotes, this book takes readers through every major branch of law enforcement and shows how technology radically changed police department operations during the last two decades.
Robert L. Snow, 2007
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Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation: A Crucial Window on ...
Gamma ray astronomy, the branch of high energy astrophysics that studies the sky in energetic ?-ray photons, is destined to play a crucial role in the exploration of nonthermal phenomena in the Universe in their most extreme and violent ...
Felix A. Aharonian, 2004
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The Script Sampler: Extracts for Performance at GCSE
Gamma rays are released after nuclear reactions or when radioactive materials decay. The amount of energy they contain is highly destructive. Depending on the amount of exposure to the rays, life forms are either completely destroyed or ...
Andy Kempe, 2002
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Scattered Gamma Rays from Thick Uranium Sources
SCATTERED. GAMMA. RAYS. FROM. THICK. URANIUM. SOURCES. By. A. Y. Sakakura. ABSTRACT Semiquantitative interpretation of data from airborne radioactivity surveying requires detailed knowledge of scattered gamma-ray intensity ...
A. Y. Sakakura, 1957
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A Search for Bursts of Very High Energy Gamma Rays with Milagro
Chapter. 5. Milagro. 5.1. Introduction. The typical VHE gamma-ray emission from astrophysical sources is very weak. For example, the integral particle flux from the Crab Nebula above 1TeV is 1.75× 10−11 cm−2 sec−1, which corresponds to  ...
Vlasios Vasileiou, 2008
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Structure shielding against fallout gamma rays from nuclear ...
Lewis Van Clief Spencer, Arthur B. Chilton, Charles Eisenhauer, Center for Radiation Research, United States. National Bureau of Standards, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This theorem, first stated by Sir William Bragg [14] and ...
Lewis Van Clief Spencer, Arthur B. Chilton, Charles Eisenhauer, 1980
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Chemistry in Context
a-particles thick lead shields -y-rays p-particles O slits in the lead shields radioactive source Figure 7.1 The effect of a magnetic field, perpendicular to the paper, on alpha-particles, beta- particles and gamma-rays. / \ terminals for discharge ...
Graham Hill, John Holman, 2000
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Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety
Figure 48.14 • Attenuation of 667 keV gamma rays in Al and Pb under conditions of good geometry (dashed line represents attenuation of a poly-energetic photon beam). Fraction transmitted 1 0.05 0.01 4 Absorber i thickness (cm) Figure 48.
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAMMA RAYS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gamma rays is used in the context of the following news items.
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This Shower of Gamma Rays Is from a Flaring Blazar 5 Billion Years …
Five billion years ago, a blazar abruptly flared, triggered an intense rain of gamma rays. Racing across the universe for millennia, they finally ... «io9, Jul 15»
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Gamma-ray bursts that last thousands of times longer than normal …
This magnetic field gives rise to very strong and characteristic bursts of X-rays and gamma rays. The active life of a magnetar is short. «Next Big Future, Jul 15»
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Record-breaking super bright supernova spotted in southern sky
Some astronomers are investigating a connection between these supernovae and huge blasts of gamma rays that signal the end of a massive ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
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This Week In Space: Signs Of Life And Love In Our Solar System …
Astronomers figured out that tiny stars' powerful magnetic fields fuel huge explosions of gamma rays. (Photo: ESO). Neutron stars are pretty ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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Acoustic "Radar" Spots Stowaways Inside Metal Cargo Containers …
Then there are systems based on the detection gamma rays. These pass easily through metal walls and are designed primarily for the ... «MIT Technology Review, Jul 15»
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Mosses and lichens come to the rescue in battle against air pollution
Once they are radioactive, they de-excite by emitting high energy photons called gamma rays. These help in identifying different elements in ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
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Sherman: JCC SummerStage knows its role(s)
... at 13 years old as a non-speaking grandmother in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds) helped me to grow as an actor. «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
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What causes lightning?
These include x-rays and gamma rays, which have been confirmed through observations using electric field and X-ray detectors, and ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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Ultra-Long Gamma-Ray Bursts are Driven by Magnetars …
... has demonstrated a link between the bright supernova explosion SN 2011kl and one of the brightest and longest bursts of gamma rays ever ... «Sci-News.com, Jul 15»
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ESA uses cosmic lens to explore the secrets of a distant black hole
The findings represent the first time that gamma rays have been observed using a cosmic lens. While the current crop of space telescopes are ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»

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