alpha particle
alpha particle
nounDefinition of ALPHA PARTICLE
: a positively charged nuclear particle identical with the nucleus of a helium atom that consists of two protons and two neutrons and is ejected at high speed in certain radioactive transformations —called also alpha, alpha radiation, alpha ray
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1903
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