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nuclear halo

nuclear halo noun: a bunch of protons and/or neutrons orbiting a nucleus, giving the nucleus a bigger radius than it should have. Such a nucleus is called a halo nucleus.

Noun

nuclear halo (plural nuclear halos or nuclear haloes)

  1. A bunch of protons and/or neutrons orbiting a nucleus, giving the nucleus a bigger radius than it should have. Such a nucleus is called a halo nucleus.

Forms of nuclear halo

pluralnuclear halos
pluralnuclear haloes

Questions about nuclear halo

What does nuclear halo mean?
Nuclear halo means a bunch of protons and/or neutrons orbiting a nucleus, giving the nucleus a bigger radius than it should have. Such a nucleus is called a halo nucleus.
What part of speech is nuclear halo?
Nuclear halo is a noun.
What is the plural of nuclear halo?
The plural of nuclear halo is nuclear halos.

Words near nuclear halo in the dictionary

  1. nuclear fuel
  2. nuclear fuels
  3. nuclear fusion
  4. nuclear fusions
  5. nuclear gamma resonance fluorescence
  6. nuclear halo
  7. nuclear haloes
  8. nuclear halos
  9. nuclear hydrogen detection meter
  10. nuclear hydrogen detection meters
  11. nuclear isomer

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