nuclear resonance

noun

1

: the resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray compare mössbauer effect

2

: resonance sense 6a

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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