nuclear reaction
Noun
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Noun
nuclear reaction (plural nuclear reactions)
- A process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and/or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and/or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element.
- French: réaction nucléaire
- German: Kernreaktion
- Italian: reazione nucleare
- Portuguese: reação nuclear
- Russian: я́дерная реа́кция
- Spanish: reacción nuclear
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