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be'ta par"ticle



Physics.
an electron or positron emitted from an atomic nucleus in a certain type of radioactive decay.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

beta-oxidationbeta ray
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