photodisintegration

Contents

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ disintegration

Noun

photodisintegration (plural photodisintegrations)

1. (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