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SPALLATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spallation mean?
• SPALLATION (noun)
The noun SPALLATION has 1 sense:
1. (physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles
Familiarity information: SPALLATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Context example:
some astronomers believe that the solar system was formed by spallation when the sun was a very young star
Hypernyms ("spallation" is a kind of...):
nuclear reaction ((physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
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