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photodisintegration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [-sɪn.əˌɡɹeɪ.ʃən] (General-American)
  • /ˈfoʊ.ɾoʊ.də-/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfoʊ.toʊ.dɪs.ɪn.tɪˌɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈfoʊ.ɾə.də-/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfoʊ.toʊ.dɪ.sɪɾ̃.əˌɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfoʊ.ɾə.dɪ-/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English disintegration English photodisintegration From photo- + disintegration.

Meanings

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

Forms

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Coordinates

photofission

Deriveds

photodisintegrate

Translations (4)

es fotodesintegración (physics: any nuclear reaction initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation) · it fotodisintegrazione (physics: any nuclear reaction initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation) · fr photodésintégration (physics: any nuclear reaction initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation) · ga fóta-dhíscaoileadh (physics: any nuclear reaction initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation)