NUCLEAR PHYSICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear physics mean? 

• NUCLEAR PHYSICS (noun)
  The noun NUCLEAR PHYSICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei

  Familiarity information: NUCLEAR PHYSICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR PHYSICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

atomic physics; nuclear physics; nucleonics

Hypernyms ("nuclear physics" is a kind of...):

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Meronyms (parts of "nuclear physics"):

atomic theory (a theory of the structure of the atom)

Domain member category:

cross section ((physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns)

b; barn ((physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter)

 Context examples 

A non-SI unit of area used predominantly in nuclear physics, equal to 10E-28 square meter, or 100 square femtometers.

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