accelerator particle accelerator atom smasher | a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles |
fiberboard fibreboard particle board | wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets |
fuel-air explosive FAE | a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges, the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen, the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below |
fuel cell | cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air), often used in electric cars |
fuel filter | a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel |
fuel gauge fuel indicator | an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle |
fuel injection fuel injection system | mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internalombustion engine, avoids the need for a carburetor |
fuel line gas line petrol line | a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine, the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line |
fuel system | equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine |
particle detector | a chamber in which particles can be made visible |
pod fuel pod | a detachable container of fuel on an airplane |
thermobaric bomb fuel-air bomb vacuum bomb volume-detonation bomb aerosol bomb | a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive, a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb |
duality wave-particle duality | (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory |
particle physics high-energy physics high energy physics | the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions |
particle | a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs |
alpha particle | a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom, emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes |
antitauon tau-plus particle | an antilepton of very great mass |
baryon heavy particle | any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions, a hadron with a baryon number of |
beta particle | a high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope |
elementary particle fundamental particle | (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom, regarded as constituents of all matter |
J particle psi particle | a neutral meson with a large mass |
kaon kappa-meson k-meson K particle | an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision |
lambda particle lambda hyperon | an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin |
particle subatomic particle | a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions |
strange particle | an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness |
tauon tau-minus particle | a lepton of very great mass |
weakly interacting massive particle WIMP | a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation, postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe |
particle beam | a collimated flow of particles (atoms or electrons or molecules) |
fuel level | the amount of fuel remaining |
mileage fuel consumption rate gasoline mileage gas mileage | the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned |
small-particle pollution | air pollution caused by fine particles of soot (as from power plants or diesel engines) |
atom molecule particle corpuscle mote speck | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
dispersed phase dispersed particles | (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state |
diesel oil diesel fuel | a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines |
fossil fuel | fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content |
fuel oil heating oil | a petroleum product used for fuel |
nuclear fuel | fuel (such as uranium) that can be used in nuclear reactors as a source of electricity |
rocket fuel rocket propellant rocket propellent | an explosive charge that propels a rocket |
fuel | a substance that can be consumed to produce energy, more fuel is needed during the winter months, they developed alternative fuels for aircraft |
identification particle | a tiny particle of material that can be added to a product to indicate the source of manufacture |
fuel | stimulate, fuel the debate on creationism |
fuel | take in fuel, as of a ship, The tanker fueled in Bahrain |
fuel | provide with a combustible substance that provides energy, fuel aircraft, ships, and cars |
fuel fire | provide with fuel, Oil fires the furnace |