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annihilation radiation

noun

, Physics.
  1. electromagnetic radiation produced by the coalescence and mutual annihilation of an atomic particle and its antiparticle, generally a positron and an electron, each pair forming two photons having a minimum energy of 0.5 million electron volts each.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of annihilation radiation1

First recorded in 1960–65

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