NUCLEAR RESONANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear resonance mean? 

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

1. the resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR RESONANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

resonance (an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation)