English noun: corpuscular radiation | |||
| 1. | corpuscular 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 | particulate radiation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | radiation, radioactivity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alpha radiation, alpha ray, beta radiation, beta ray, electron radiation, neutron radiation | ||