English
Pronunciation
Noun
gamma ray (plural gamma rays)
- Very high frequency (and therefore very high energy) electromagnetic radiation emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.
1966, “The Incredible Hulk (theme song)”, Jacques Urbont (lyrics) (The Marvel Super Heroes (television series)):Doc Bruce Banner, belted by gamma rays,
Turns into the Hulk – Ain’t he unglamour-rays! [unglamorous]
Wreckin’ the town with the power of a bull,
Ain’t no monster, clown. Who is as lovable
As ever-lovin’ Hulk? - Hulk! Hulk!
Derived terms
Translations
very high frequency electromagnetic radiation
- Catalan: raig gamma m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 伽馬射線 / 伽马射线 (zh) (gāmǎ shèxiàn), 加馬射線 / 加马射线 (jiāmǎ shèxiàn), 丙種射線 / 丙种射线 (zh) (bǐngzhǒng shèxiàn)
- Finnish: gammasäde
- French: rayon gamma (fr) m
- Georgian: გამა გამოსხივება (gama gamosxiveba), გამა სხივი (gama sxivi)
- German: Gammastrahlung (de) f
- Greek: ακτίνα γάμμα f (aktína gámma)
- Hungarian: gamma-sugár
- Icelandic: gammageisli (is) m
- Irish: gáma-gha m
- Japanese: ガンマ線 (ja) (gamma-sen)
- Korean: 감마선 (gammaseon)
- Malay: sinar gama
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gammastråle (no) m
- Nynorsk: gammastråle (no) m
- Polish: promieniowanie gamma n
- Portuguese: raio gama m
- Punjabi: ਗਾਮਾ ਕਿਰਨ f (gāmā kiran)
- Russian: га́мма-излуче́ние (ru) n (gámma-izlučénije)
- Spanish: rayo gamma m
- Swedish: gammastråle (sv)
- Tagalog: sinag-gama
- Turkish: gama ışını (tr)
- Welsh: pelydryn gama m
- Xibe: ᡬᠠᠮᠠ
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