what does pair production mean?
PAIR PRODUCTION as NOUN
- Meaning
- the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) pair production is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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