NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear magnetic resonance mean? 

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

1. resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

NMR; nuclear magnetic resonance; proton magnetic resonance

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

magnetic resonance (resonance of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei to radiation frequencies as a result of space quantization in a magnetic field)

 Context examples 

Also called 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging.

(MRSI, NCI Dictionary)

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging is especially useful for imaging the brain, the spine, the soft tissue of joints, and the inside of bones.

(Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, NCI Dictionary)

Also called magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.

(NMRI, NCI Dictionary)

Also called magnetic resonance imaging, NMRI, and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.

(MRI, NCI Dictionary)

Using a technique called pulsed field gradient (PFG) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which is not readily applied to battery electrode materials, the researchers measured the movement of lithium ions through the oxides, and found that they moved at rates several orders of magnitude higher than typical electrode materials.

(New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster, University of Cambridge)

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging makes better images of organs and soft tissue than other scanning techniques, such as computed tomography (CT) or x-ray.

(Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, NCI Dictionary)