альфа-частица

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Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1913. а́льфа (álʹfa) +‎ части́ца (častíca), calque of German Alphateilchen.

Pronunciation

Noun

а́льфа-части́ца (álʹfa-častícaf inan (genitive а́льфа-части́цы, nominative plural а́льфа-части́цы, genitive plural а́льфа-части́ц)

  1. alpha particle (positively charged nucleus)
    Synonym: α-части́ца (α-častíca)

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “альфа-частица”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press