English Explanatory Dictionary

electron capture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nuclear reaction in which an electron (either free, or from the shell of the atom itself) is absorbed into a nucleus, a proton being converted into a neutron in the process

Word forms

electron capture electron captures
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