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ANNIHILATE: to cause (something, such as a particle and its antiparticle) to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (such as photons); also, of a particle and its antiparticle: to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (such as photons)ANNIHILATING: to cause (something, such as a particle and its antiparticle) to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (such as photons); also, of a particle and its antiparticle: to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (such as photons)ANNIHILATION: to cause (something, such as a particle and its antiparticle) to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (such as photons); also, of a particle and its antiparticle: to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (such as photons)ATOM: the smallest particle of an element that can exist either alone or in combination ATOMIC: of, relating to, or concerned with atomsAVALANCHE: physics: a cumulative process in which photons or accelerated charge carriers produce additional photons or charge carriers through collisions (as with gas molecules)BEAM: a collection of nearly parallel rays (such as X-rays) or a stream of particles (such as electrons)BEAT: physics: each of the pulsations of amplitude produced by the union of sound or radio waves or electric currents having different frequenciesBETA: a beta particle, a high-speed electron, specifically: one emitted by a radioactive nucleus in beta decayBIAXIAL: having or relating to two axes or optic axesBLUE: physics: one of the three colors (see COLOR entry 1 sense 15) that quarks have in the theory of quantum chromodynamicsBOMB: a lead-lined container for radioactive materialBOTTOM: physics: a fundamental quark that accounts for the existence and lifetime of upsilon particles and has an electric charge of −¹/₃ and a measured energy of approximately 5 GeV; also, the flavor characterizing this particleBUBBLE: a small body of gas within a liquid; also, a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas (e.g., soap bubbles); also, a globule in a transparent solid (e.g., in glass)BUBBLE: magnetic bubble: a tiny movable magnetized cylindrical volume in a thin magnetic material that along with other like volumes can be used to represent a bit of information (as in a computer)BUBBLY: full of bubbles: effervescentBURN: to undergo nuclear fission or nuclear fusionBURNING: to undergo nuclear fission or nuclear fusionBURNT: to undergo nuclear fission or nuclear fusionCHARM: a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of +²/₃ and a measured energy of approximately 1.5 GeV; also: the flavor characterizing this particleCLEAN: free or relatively free from radioactivity (a clean atomic explosion)CLOUD: an aggregate of charged particles (such as electrons)COLOR: a hypothetical property of quarks that differentiates each type into three forms having a distinct role in binding quarks togetherCOUPLE: two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel linesCRITICAL: relating to or being a state, measurement, or point in or at which some quality, property, or phenomenon suffers a definite change (critical temperature); also, of sufficient size to sustain a chain reaction —used of a mass of fissionable material (a critical mass); sustaining a nuclear chain reaction (the reactor went critical.)CRITICALITY: physics: the state in which a mass of fissionable material sustains or is able to sustain a nuclear chain reactionCRITICALLY: relating to or being a state, measurement, or point in or at which some quality, property, or phenomenon suffers a definite change (critical temperature); also, of sufficient size to sustain a chain reaction —used of a mass of fissionable material (a critical mass); sustaining a nuclear chain reaction (the reactor went critical.)CURIUM: a metallic radioactive chemical element that is only produced artificially; New Latin, from Marie & Pierre CurieCYCLE: one complete performance of a vibration, electric oscillation, current alternation, or other periodic procesDECAY: physics: spontaneous disintegration (as of an atom or a particle)DEFLATE: to release air or gas fromDEFLATED: to release air or gas fromDOMAIN: physics: any of the small randomly oriented regions of uniform magnetization in a ferromagnetic substanceDONATING: to transfer (a particle, such as an electron) to another atom or molecule DONATING: to transfer (a particle, such as an electron) to another atom or molecule DOWN: physics: a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of -¹/₃ and that is one of the constituents of a nucleonDRAG: physics: the slowing force acting on a body (such as an airplane) moving through a fluid (such as air) parallel and opposite to the direction of motionDYNAMIC: of or relating to physical force or energy; of or relating to dynamics, in physics: a branch of mechanics that deals with forces and their relation primarily to the motion but sometimes also to the equilibrium of bodiesDYNE: the unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second system equal to the force that would give a free mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per secondEVENT: the fundamental entity of observed physical reality represented by a point designated by three coordinates of place and one of time in the space-time continuum postulated by the theory of relativityEXCITE: to energize (excite an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in (excite a dynamo); to raise (an atomic nucleus, an atom, a molecule, etc.) to a higher energy levelEXCITEMENT: something that excites or rouses; the action of exciting: the state of being excitedEXCITING: producing excitement; to energize (excite an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in (excite a dynamo); to raise (an atomic nucleus, an atom, a molecule, etc.) to a higher energy levelFIELD: a region or space in which a given effect exists (e.g., a magnetic field)FLAVOR: a property that distinguishes different types of elementary particles (such as quarks or neutrinos); also: any of the different types of particles that are distinguished by flavorFLOW: the motion characteristic of fluidsFLUCTUANT: moving in wavesFLUCTUATE: to rise and fall in or as if in wavesFLUID: having particles that easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass and that easily yield to pressure: capable of flowingFLUIDIC*: of, relating to, or being a device (such as an amplifier or control) that depends for operation on the pressures and flows of a fluid in precisely shaped channelsFLUIDITY: he quality or state of being fluid; the physical property of a substance that enables it to flowFLUIDLY: having particles that easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass and that easily yield to pressure: capable of flowingFOAM: a light frothy mass of fine bubbles formed in or on the surface of a liquid or from a liquidFRICTION: the rubbing of one body against another; also, the force that resists relative motion between two bodies in contact (oil in a car engine reduces friction)GAMMA: short for gamma ray, a photon emitted spontaneously by a radioactive substance, or a photon of higher energy than that of an X-rayGRAVITY: a fundamental physical force that is responsible for interactions which occur because of mass between [things], especially the gravitational attraction of the mass of the earth, the moon, or a planet for bodies at or near its surfaceHADRON: any of the subatomic particles (such as protons and neutrons) that are made up of quarks and are subject to the strong forceHEAT: physics: added energy that causes substances to rise in temperature, fuse, evaporate, expand, or undergo any of various other related changes,; also, the energy associated with the random motions of the molecules, atoms, or smaller structural units of which matter is composedHOLE: a defect in a crystal (as of a semiconductor) that is due to an electron's having left its normal position in one of the crystal bonds and that is equivalent in many respects to a positively charged particleIGNITION: the heating of a plasma to a temperature high enough to sustain nuclear fusionIMBIBE: to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heatIMBIBED: to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heatIMBIBING: to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heatIONIC: of, relating to, existing as, or characterized by ions; also, based on or functioning by means of ionsIONIZATION: the act or process of ionizing something: conversion of a substance into ionsIONIZE: to convert wholly or partly into ionsIONIZED: to convert wholly or partly into ionsIONIZING: to convert wholly or partly into ionsLABEL: a usually radioactive isotope used in labeling; also, to distinguish (an element or atom) by using an isotope distinctive in some manner (as in mass or radioactivity)LEAD: the amount of axial advance of a point accompanying a complete turn of a thread (as of a screw or worm)LIQUID: a fluid (such as water) that has no independent shape but has a definite volume and does not expand indefinitely and that is only slightly compressible; having the properties of a liquid: being neither solid nor gaseousMODE: any of various stationary vibration patterns of which an elastic body or oscillatory system is capable (the vibration mode of an airplane propeller blade)MOMENT: tendency or measure of tendency to produce motion especially about a point or axis; also, the product of quantity (such as a force) and the distance to a particular axis or pointMOMENTUM: a property of a moving body that the body has by virtue of its mass (see mass entry 2 sense 1c) and motion and that is equal to the product of the body's mass and velocity; broadly: a property of a moving body that determines the length of time required to bring it to rest when under the action of a constant force or moment MONAD: an atom in the sense of “one of the minute indivisible particles of which according to ancient materialism the universe is composed”; also, an elementary individual substance which reflects the order of the world and from which material properties are derivedNEWTON: the unit of force in the meter-kilogram-second system equal to the force required to impart an acceleration of one meter per second per second to a mass of one kilogram, named for Sir Isaac NewtonNODAL: being, relating to, or located at or near a node:a point, line, or surface of a vibrating body or system that is free or relatively free from vibratory motion; also, a point at which a wave has an amplitude of zeroNODE: a point, line, or surface of a vibrating body or system that is free or relatively free from vibratory motion; also, a point at which a wave has an amplitude of zeroNUCLEI: plural of nucleus, a characteristic and stable complex of atoms or groups in a molecule; also, the positively charged central portion of an atom that comprises nearly all of the atomic mass and that consists of protons and usually neutronsNUCLEON: a proton or neutron especially in the atomic nucleus; also, a hypothetical single entity with one-half unit of isospin that can manifest itself as either a proton or a neutronOCTAVE: the interval between two frequencies (as in an electromagnetic spectrum) having a ratio of 2 to 1OMEGA: a negatively charged elementary particle that has a mass 3270 times the mass of an electron, called also omega minus; also, a very short-lived unstable meson with mass 1532 times the mass of an electron, called also omega mesonOPTICAL: of, relating to, or being objects that emit light in the visible range of frequencies (an optical galaxy)ORBIT: a path described by one body in its revolution about another (as by the earth about the sun or by an electron about an atomic nucleus)

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