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particle shower

particle shower noun: a group of secondary particles that splits off from matter when a high-energy particle interacts with it.

Noun

particle shower (plural particle showers)

  1. A group of secondary particles that splits off from matter when a high-energy particle interacts with it.

Forms of particle shower

pluralparticle showers

Questions about particle shower

What does particle shower mean?
Particle shower means a group of secondary particles that splits off from matter when a high-energy particle interacts with it.
What part of speech is particle shower?
Particle shower is a noun.
What is the plural of particle shower?
The plural of particle shower is particle showers.

Words near particle shower in the dictionary

  1. particle energy
  2. particle horizon
  3. particle horizons
  4. particle mechanics
  5. particle physics
  6. particle shower
  7. particle showers
  8. particle statistics
  9. particle theory
  10. particle verb
  11. particle verbs

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