PHOTONUCLEAR


Meaning of PHOTONUCLEAR in English

/foh'toh nooh"klee euhr, -nyooh"-/ or, by metathesis, /-kyeuh leuhr/ , adj. Physics.

of, pertaining to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.

[ 1940-45; PHOTO- + NUCLEAR ]

Pronunciation . See nuclear .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .