beta particle

English

Alternative forms

• β-particle

Noun

beta particle (plural beta particles)

1. (physics) An energetic electron or positron produced as the result of a nuclear reaction or nuclear decay.

Related terms

• β
• beta
• beta ray
• beta radiation

Translations

energetic electron or positron

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: β粒子 (β-lìzǐ), 貝塔粒子／贝塔粒子 (zh) (bèitǎ lìzǐ)

• Czech: částice beta f
• Danish: betapartikel c
• Finnish: beetahiukkanen
• German: Beta-Teilchen n
• Icelandic: betaeind f, betaögn f
• Indonesian: partikel beta, zarah beta
• Japanese: β粒子 (bēta ryūshi), ベータ粒子 (bēta ryūshi)
• Malay: zarah beta, partikel beta
• Romanian: particulă beta (ro) f
• Russian: бе́та-части́ца (ru) (béta-častíca), β-части́ца f (β-častíca)
• Swedish: betapartikel (sv) c
• Tagalog: tipik-beta