English Explanatory Dictionary

betalight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sealed capsule, internally coated with a phosphor and filled with a tritium whose beta decay causes the phosphor to glow.

Word forms

betalight betalights

Etymology

From beta + light.

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