positron

[US]/'pɒzɪtrɒn/
[UK]/'pɑzɪtrɑn/
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Translation

n. positron, a subatomic particle with a positive electric charge.
Word Forms
Pluralpositrons

Phrases & Collocations

positron emission

positron emission tomography

positron annihilation

Example Sentences

The antielectron, or positron, was discovered in 1932.

The nuclide chart involves electron, positron, antiproton, antineutron, photon to exhibit the symmetry of mass and charge ideally.

The key of this technology depended on increasing batteries positron electrode -- zincous -- the electron that can carry.

When two such gamma-ray beams collide, the interactions are even cleaner than electron-positron or muon-antimuon collisions.

Objective To evaluate the value of 18 F-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in detecting the primary focus of metastatic cancer with an unknown primary.

Objective To evaluate 18 F deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) in the detection of suspicious recurrence in head and neck cancers , as compared with CT/MRI imaging.

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