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(virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)
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a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom; emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes
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a high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope
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any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
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the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
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(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
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any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
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a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
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a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual two
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an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents
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(microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
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(microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
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a sparkling glittering particle
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a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
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an electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature
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so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
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the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
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an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
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of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
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of a particle or body or system; having no charge
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cause to undergo fission or lose particles
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the use of spectroscopy to determine the masses of small electrically charged particles
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the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
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(virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)
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physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
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a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
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an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles
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an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
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apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
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a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube
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an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on
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an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
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(physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle
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container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used
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light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
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(physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory
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(physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
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the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended
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a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
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(physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle does not apply)
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a fundamental principle of electrostatics; the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them; principle also holds for magnetic poles
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(physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies)
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(particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings
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(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
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the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions
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a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
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(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles
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(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles
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(physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion
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the modern form of quantum theory; an extension of quantum mechanics based on Schrodinger's equation; atomic events are explained as interactions between particle waves
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the branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles
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a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together
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(physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles
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a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun
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milk with the fat particles broken up and dispersed uniformly so the cream will not rise
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a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field
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a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom; emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes
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a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy
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any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
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(astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed
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the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
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(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
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any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
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a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles
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a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles
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any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles
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any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron
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a gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles
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a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind
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a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
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an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision
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a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual two
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an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents
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a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision
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(microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
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(microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
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a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
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(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
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a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
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an electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature
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a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe
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Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons
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French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987)
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Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
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United States physicist noted for his studies of subatomic particles (born in 1929)
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United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926)
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English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
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English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
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United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)
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Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981)
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Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943)
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an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
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the energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleus; equals the mass defect
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the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
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discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles
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highly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin; consisting chiefly of protons and alpha particles; collision with atmospheric particles results in rays and particles of many kinds
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a field of force surrounding a charged particle
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the energy equivalent to the mass of a particle at rest in an inertial frame of reference; equal to the rest mass times the square of the speed of light
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the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
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the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
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an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
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the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles
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a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules)
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energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
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a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons)
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(physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
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a weak interaction between particles that results from their mass; mediated by gravitons
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relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles
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the phenomenon in which light is scattered by very small particles in its path; it makes a beam of light visible; the scattered light is mainly blue
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(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
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the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
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any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
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the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode
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(biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
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the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
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the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
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(physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles
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a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions
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(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
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a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
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(physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle
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(cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force
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the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
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