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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus;
[syn: pair production, pair creation, pair formation]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pair creation n 1: the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus [syn: pair production, pair creation, pair formation]