Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    Kernreaktion

    я́дерная реа́кцияjádernaja reákcija

    я́дерна реа́кціяjáderna reákcija

More definitions
  • (physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Stars undergo nuclear reactions that burn hydrogen in their cores.

    deIm Innern von Sternen laufen Reaktionen ab, bei denen Wasserstoff verbrannt wird. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

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Forms

plural: nuclear reactions

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