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PAIR CREATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pair creation mean?
• PAIR CREATION (noun)
The noun PAIR CREATION has 1 sense:
1. the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus
Familiarity information: PAIR CREATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
pair creation; pair formation; pair production
Hypernyms ("pair creation" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
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