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neutronics

neutronics noun: the flow of a stream of neutrons.

Noun

neutronics (uncountable)

  1. The flow of a stream of neutrons
    • We used the Monte Carlo code MCNP5 to reproduce system neutronics in different operating conditions and to analyse neutron fluxes in the reactor core.2015, Davide Chiesa, Massimiliano Clemenza, Stefano Pozzi, Ezio Previtali, Monica Sisti, Daniele Alloni, Giovanni Magrotti, Sergio Manera, Michele Prata, Andrea Salvini, Antonio Cammi, Matteo...

Origin of neutronics

From neutron + -ics.

Questions about neutronics

What does neutronics mean?
Neutronics means the flow of a stream of neutrons.
What part of speech is neutronics?
Neutronics is a noun.

Words near neutronics in the dictionary

  1. neutron-degenerate matter
  2. neutron-rich
  3. neutron-richer
  4. neutron-richest
  5. neutronic
  6. neutronics
  7. neutronium
  8. neutronization
  9. neutrons
  10. neutropaenia
  11. neutropaenias

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