BETA RAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beta ray mean? 

• BETA RAY (noun)
  The noun BETA RAY has 1 sense:

1. radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay

  Familiarity information: BETA RAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETA RAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

beta radiation; beta ray; electron radiation

Hypernyms ("beta ray" is a kind of...):

ionizing radiation (high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes)

corpuscular radiation; particulate radiation (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))