English noun: particulate radiation | |||
1. | particulate radiation (phenomenon) a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons) | ||
Synonyms | corpuscular radiation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | radiation, radioactivity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alpha radiation, alpha ray, beta radiation, beta ray, electron radiation, neutron radiation | ||