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PAIR CREATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pair creation mean? 

PAIR CREATION (noun)
  The noun PAIR CREATION has 1 sense:

1. the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleusplay

  Familiarity information: PAIR CREATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAIR CREATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

pair creation; pair formation; pair production

Hypernyms ("pair creation" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))


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