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Meaning of GAMMA RAYS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gam"ma rays\ (Physics)
Very penetrating rays not appreciably deflected by a magnetic
or electric field, emitted by radioactive substances. The
prevailing view is that they are non-periodic ether pulses
differing from R["o]ntgen rays only in being more
penetrating.
 
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 Definition: High-energy rays that come from a radioactive source such as cobalt-60.
 

 

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