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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation.
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- noun physics An
electron ejected byrecoil when a rapidly movingalpha particle or othercharged particle passes throughmatter . - noun physics A secondary
ionizing particle ejected by recoil when a primary particle passes through matter.
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- noun an electron ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
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