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Kerma vs Terma - What's the difference?

kerma | terma |

As nouns the difference between kerma and terma

is that kerma is the sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (neutrons and photons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample while terma is the terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.

kerma

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) the sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (neutrons and photons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample.

    • External links

    http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=1020.30

    Anagrams

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    terma

    English

    Noun

  • (anatomy) The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
    • (Webster 1913) ----