Particle
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If we shoot electrons one at a time at a set of two narrow slits cut in a barrier, each electron on the far side is detected at a single place at a specific instant, like a
particle
.
More example sentences with word particle
Now I should confess that as [far as] I'm concerned this would be an abomination if it emitted not one
particle
of carbon.
And the idea here is that they are looking for a sign of a dark matter
particle
hitting one of their detectors.
So they go deep inside mines to find a kind of environmental silence that will allow them to hear the ping of a dark matter
particle
hitting their detector.
And so this is a great conceptual model to have of the world, unless you're a
particle
physicist.
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