Definition of gamma radiation
: radiation composed of gamma rays
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The cells shut down in response to DNA-damaging agents like gamma radiation, or when a cancer-inducing gene was inserted.
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Painted in patriotic Swedish blue and yellow, it is festooned with large ventilation pipes that can keep out gamma radiation and other potential hazards.
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The Illinois Emergency Management Agency leases land in various locations around Zion for gamma radiation detectors.
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Immediately following the chirp of this latest gravitational wave detection, NASA’s Fermi Space telescope recorded a flash of gamma radiation.
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Up until now, astronomers have had to rely on the electromagnetic spectrum—from radio waves, through visible light, to gamma radiation—to gaze at the universe.
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Bombs typically only emit 0.1 percent to 0.5 percent of their energy as gamma radiation, though exotic designs may increase this output.
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First Known Use of gamma radiation
1904
Medical Dictionary
gamma radiation
medical Definition of gamma radiation
: radiation that is composed of gamma rays and is used in cancer radiotherapy
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