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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
alpha girl
alpha male
alpha particle
alpha test
alpha version
gamma/alpha/beta radiation technical (= radiation given off by the atomic matter of gamma, alpha, or beta rays )
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The conventional treatment for cancer is to bombard the tumour with gamma radiation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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male
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Females often try to escape from the alpha male's vigilance, and will go up to the beta male and solicit copulation.
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You see it in nonhuman primates, where the new alpha male comes into the troop and mates.
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They turned themselves into cartoon alpha males .
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They were also friendlier towards female infants and those not fathered by the current alpha male .
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Overall, females were friendliest and least aggressive towards alpha males , regardless of their treatment of infants.
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Since females reap substantial protective benefits from associating with alpha males , this is perhaps not surprising.
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They might find themselves having to do some serious work, with concomitant loss of status among the other alpha males .
particle
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The radiation emitted by these isotopes consists of alpha particles , beta particles, and gamma rays.
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Helium is also made by radioactive decay of uranium and thorium, both of which decay by emission of alpha particles .
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Fresh soil samples, taken recently in the presence of journalists, are currently being investigated for gamma rays and alpha particles .
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The helium atom without its electrons is known as an alpha particle , and is therefore positively charged.
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Radium is readily absorbed into the body where it concentrates in the bone marrow and gives off very damaging alpha particles .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fresh soil samples, taken recently in the presence of journalists, are currently being investigated for gamma rays and alpha particles.
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Glucagon is produced in the pancreas by the alpha cells.
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Hemoglobin F, or fetal hemoglobin, is composed of two alpha chains and two gamma chains. 214.
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Recordings of sleep-deprived subjects have shown a reduction in the amplitude of alpha rhythms.
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The isotopes give off long-lasting alpha radiation and the waste will remain dangerous for 3000 years or more.
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The radiation emitted by these isotopes consists of alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays.