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Warning signs along the Richmond, Calif., site’s perimeter attempt to discourage trespassers from breaching the locked gates, where soil testing has detected cancer-causing gamma radiation more than 60 times higher than background levels in some places.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
In theory, dark matter particles could interact with each other, giving off gamma radiation.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2010
This means that the wavelength of gamma radiation can be around 1,000 times smaller than visible light.
—WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
Steve Rogers, the man who would become Captain America, was not subjected to an accidental burst of gamma radiation or the bite of a radioactive spider.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2011
Typically, 4 to 5 Gy of gamma radiation over a short period of time is lethal to humans.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
The film was directed by Louis Leterrier and depicted the origin story of Bruce’s exposure to gamma radiation that transformed him into the raging green monster known as the Hulk.
—Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 15 June 2023
Industrial radiography cameras may use a very high activity gamma radiation source and are commonly used to inspect the integrity of ships, pipes and other small spaces, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 12 Mar. 2023
In the comics, Walters receives her dose of gamma radiation via a blood transfusion from her cousin, thus allowing her to Hulk out by night and stalk the courtroom by day.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 19 May 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
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“Gamma radiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamma%20radiation. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
gamma radiation
noun
: radiation made up of gamma rays
Medical Definition
gamma radiation
noun
: radiation that is composed of gamma rays and is used in cancer radiotherapy
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