gamma ray

See also:Gamma ray,gamma-ray,Gamma-ray,γ ray,Γ ray,γ-ray,andΓ-ray

English

Alternative forms

• Gamma ray,gamma-ray,Gamma-ray,γ ray,Γ ray,γ-ray,Γ-ray

Pronunciation

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Noun

gammaray(pluralgamma rays)

1. Very highfrequency(and therefore very highenergy)electromagnetic radiationemitted as aconsequenceofradioactivity.

Derived terms

• gamma-ray astronomy
• gamma-ray burst
• graser

Related terms

• gamma radiation

Translations

very high frequency electromagnetic radiation

• Catalan:raig gammam
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Già mã xạ tuyến／Già mã xạ tuyến(zh)(gāmǎ shèxiàn),Gia mã xạ tuyến／Gia mã xạ tuyến(jiāmǎ shèxiàn),Bính chủng xạ tuyến／Bính chủng xạ tuyến(zh)(bǐngzhǒng shèxiàn)

• Finnish:gammasäde
• French:rayon gamma(fr)m
• Georgian:გამა გამოსხივება(gama gamosxiveba),გამა სხივი(gama sxivi)
• German:Gammastrahlung(de)f
• Greek:ακτίνα γάμμαf(aktína gámma)
• Hungarian:gamma-sugár
• Icelandic:gammageisli(is)m
• Irish:gáma-gham
• Japanese:ガンマ tuyến(ja)(gamma-sen)
• Korean:감마선(gammaseon)
• Malay:sinar gama
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:gammastråle(no)m

  Nynorsk:gammastråle(no)m

• Portuguese:raio gamam
• Punjabi:ਗਾਮਾ ਕਿਰਨf(gāmā kiran)
• Russian:га́мма-излуче́ние(ru)n(gámma-izlučénije)
• Spanish:rayo gammam
• Swedish:gammastråle(sv)
• Tagalog:sinag-gama
• Turkish:gama ışını(tr)
• Welsh:pelydryn gamam

See also

• T-ray
• X-ray
• alpha ray
• beta ray