photodisintegration

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ disintegration

Noun

photodisintegration (plural photodisintegrations)

(physics) Any nuclear reaction, especially a nuclear fission, initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as a gamma ray

Translations

physics: any nuclear reaction initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation

French: photodésintégration (fr) f
Irish: fóta-dhíscaoileadh m

Italian: fotodisintegrazione f
Spanish: fotodesintegración f

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