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electron captures

electron captures is the plural of electron capture.

Meaning of electron capture

Noun

electron capture (plural electron captures)

  1. A nuclear reaction in which an electron (either free, or from the shell of the atom itself) is absorbed into a nucleus, a proton being converted into a neutron in the process

Questions about electron captures

What is electron captures the plural of?
Electron captures is the plural of electron capture.

Words near electron captures in the dictionary

  1. electron beam
  2. electron beams
  3. electron capture
  4. electron capture detector
  5. electron capture detectors
  6. electron captures
  7. electron carrier
  8. electron carriers
  9. electron cloud
  10. electron clouds
  11. electron configuration

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