Gamma ray/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Gamma ray.

Penetrating, high-energy electromagnetic radiation emitted from atomic nuclei during nuclear decay.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Gamma ray (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.