photodisintegration

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

photo- +‎ disintegration

NounEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

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