beta particle
(ɪˈteɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an electron or positron emitted from an atomic nucleus in beta decay.
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beta radiation
(beta radiation, beta ray, electron radiation)
Princeton's WordNet
radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
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beta ray
(beta radiation, beta ray, electron radiation)
Princeton's WordNet
radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
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electron radiation
(beta radiation, beta ray, electron radiation)
Princeton's WordNet
radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
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beta decay
(beta decay)
Princeton's WordNet
radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of a beta particle
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weak force
(ˈwikˌfɪʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a force between elementary particles that causes certain processes that take place with low probability, as radioactive beta-decay and collisions between neutrinos and other particles.
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decay
Webster Dictionary
gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay
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failure
Webster Dictionary
decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight
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beetrave
Webster Dictionary
the common beet (Beta vulgaris)
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decay
Webster Dictionary
to pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay
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beet
Webster Dictionary
the root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar
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beet
Webster Dictionary
a biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year
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timolol
(ˈtɪm əˌlɔl, -ˌlɒl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a beta blocker, C
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isoproterenol
(ˌaɪ sə proʊˈtɛr əˌnɔl, -ˌnɒl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a beta-receptor agonist, C
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beta ray
(ɪˈteɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a stream of beta particles.
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propranolol
(ʊˈpræn əˌlɔl, -ˌlɒl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a beta-blocking drug, C
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beta-adrenergic
(ˈbeɪ təˌæd rəˈnɜr dʒɪk;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to a beta receptor.
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phi beta kappa
(ˈfaɪ ˈbeɪ tə ˈkæp ə, ˈbi tə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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beta decay
(ˈbeɪ təˌæd rəˈnɜr dʒɪk;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a radioactive process in which a beta particle is emitted from the nucleus of an atom.
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chard
(ʃɑrd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.
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beta blocker
(ˈbeɪ təˌæd rəˈnɜr dʒɪk;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of a group of drugs that interfere with the ability of adrenaline to stimulate the beta receptors of the heart.
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sugar beet
(ˈʃʊg ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a variety of the common beet, Beta vulgaris, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.
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insulin
(ˈɪn sə lɪn, ˈɪns yə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hormone, produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, that regulates the metabolism of glucose and other nutrients.
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antioxidant
(ˌæn tiˈɒk sɪ dənt, ˌæn taɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an enzyme or other organic substance, as vitamin E or beta carotene, capable of counteracting the damaging effects of oxidation in animal tissues.
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beet
(bit)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various biennial plants of the genus Beta, of the goosefoot family, esp. B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root and dark-green red-veined leaves.
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timolol
(timolol, Blocadren)
Princeton's WordNet
a beta blocker (trade name Blocadren) administered after heart attacks
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acebutolol
(acebutolol, Sectral)
Princeton's WordNet
an oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension
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visken
(pindolol, Visken)
Princeton's WordNet
an oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension
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sectral
(acebutolol, Sectral)
Princeton's WordNet
an oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension
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blocadren
(timolol, Blocadren)
Princeton's WordNet
a beta blocker (trade name Blocadren) administered after heart attacks
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