gamma ray

See also: gamma-ray

English

Alternative forms

• γ-ray, γ ray

Noun

gamma ray (plural gamma rays)

1. Very high frequency (and therefore very high energy) electromagnetic radiation emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.

Derived terms

• gamma-ray burst
• graser

Related terms

• gamma radiation

Translations

very high frequency electromagnetic radiation

• Catalan: raig gamma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伽馬射線／伽马射线 (zh) (gāmǎ shèxiàn), 伽马射线 (zh) (gāmǎ shèxiàn), 加馬射線／加马射线, 加马射线 (jiāmǎ shèxiàn)

• Finnish: gammasäde
• French: rayon gamma (fr) m
• German: Gammastrahlung (de) f
• Greek: ακτίνα γάμμα f (aktína gámma)
• Irish: gáma-gha m
• Japanese: ガンマ線 (gamma-sen)
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• Korean: 감마선 (gammaseon)
• Malay: sinar gama
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gammastråle (no) m

  Nynorsk: gammastråle (no) m

• Portuguese: raio gama m
• Russian: га́мма-излуче́ние (ru) n (gámma-izlučénije)
• Spanish: rayo gamma m
• Tagalog: sinag-gama

See also

• T-ray
• X-ray
• alpha ray
• beta ray