high-energy
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- adjective
- /haɪˈɛnərdʒi/
- Specialized
:
de alta energía
- Evidence for such an effect comes from recent electron-accelerator experiments in which high-energy electrons are used to probe nucleons.
- high-energy rays
- high-energy neutrinos
- high-energy particles
It gets millions of times less effective at shielding high energy photons.
- It gets millions of times less effective at shielding high energy photons.
- And I, I, I'm not certainly not a participant in high energy experiments.
- That breakout will should will produce a burst of gamma rays and hard X-rays very high energy radiation for a few seconds.
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Neutrinos are produced on Earth by natural radioactivity, by nuclear reactors, and by high-energy accelerators.
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A familiar, fundamental technique, X-radiography uses high-energy radiation to penetrate materials and record an image digitally or on photographic film.
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The problem is that you need really high energies to create them.
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And at high energies, the material appears opaque.
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So when the sun burps up these high energy particles that cause the beautiful Aurora or Northern Lights here on Earth.
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We could construct a device to collect their high-energy photons safely.
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Evidence of jet quenching in high-energy collisions between gold nuclei.
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The instrument uses a high-energy laser to perform precise surgical procedures.
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Researchers observed that particles reacted differently at high-energy levels during their experiments.
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The new telescope is designed to detect high-energy radiation from distant galaxies.
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
High-energy is made of high and energy, where energy means 'ability to do work' and high means a large amount. So in physics high-energy describes particles or processes that have a very large amount of energy or power.