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(Definition ofphotonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Suppression of the potential well prevents the free electrons from recombination and, thus, nohigh-energyphotoncan be emitted.From theCambridge English CorpusA protocol for the determination of absorbed dose fromhigh-energyphotonand electron beams.From theCambridge English CorpusAhigh-energyphotonproduces a cone of light confined to 1 of the original photon direction.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Much like electronic excitation, the nucleus will decay toward its ground state, releasing a high-energyphotonat a number of possible, discrete energies.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Again, the source of energy for the electron-liberation is ahigh-energyphotonfrom an atom within the plasma body relaxing after excitation from an earlier collision.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This simple treatment can be useful for high-energy photons but is not accurate enough for low energies or heavy nuclides.From theCambridge English CorpusSuch a burn can mask the influence of the high-energy photons on skin and hair, while the longterm general indisposition and vomiting can be caused by many reasons.From theCambridge English CorpusThe subsequent rescattering event is considered to be responsible for the emission of high-energy photons and for the enhanced ionization of the internal electron through energy transfer.From theCambridge English CorpusThe patients who underwent radiotherapy were irradiated using high-energy photons of a cobalt unit and/or linear accelerator, either before or after surgery, or were exclusively treated using radiation therapy.From theCambridge English CorpusWhen a positron collides with an electron, it releases two high-energy photons traveling in diametrically opposite directions.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Want to learn more?Go to the definition ofphotonSee other collocations withphoton#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/example/english/high-energy-photon##
