gamma radiation

1. 1.

   electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength

   Synonymsgamma ray

   Broaderelectromagnetic radiation

   Part ofelectromagnetic spectrum

Questions about gamma radiation

What does gamma radiation mean?

gamma radiation means "electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength".

What is another word for gamma radiation?

Close synonyms include gamma ray. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gamma radiation a common word?

gamma radiation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.