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neutral atom collocation in English

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These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with atom. neutraladjectiveuk /ˈnjuː.trəl/us /ˈnuː.trəl/ not saying or doing anything that would encourage or help any of the groups involved in an argument ... See more at neutralatomnoun [C]uk /ˈæt.əm/us /ˈæt̬.əm/ the smallest unit of any chemical element, consisting of a positive nucleus surrounded by negative electrons. Atoms can combine to form ... See more at atom

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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Along its path from the hollow cathode region toward the anode, an electron may collide with a neutral atom/molecule to produce collisional ionization. From the Cambridge English Corpus The combined effect of neutral atom depletion and defocusing of the pump beam due to the intensity-dependent density of free electrons, significantly modifies the conversion characteristics and efficiency. From the Cambridge English Corpus In a neutral atom, the negatively-charged electrons balance out the positive charge of the protons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this case one can examine the specular reflection of a slow neutral atom from a solid state surface. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A minimum basis set is where only sufficient orbitals are used to contain all the electrons in the neutral atom. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If a hole associates itself with a neutral atom, that atom loses an electron and becomes positive. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, since an electron is lost, an otherwise neutral atom becomes ionized. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A divalent cation is missing two electrons as compared with the neutral atom. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In a neutral atom, the system will emit a photon of the difference in energy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An electrically neutral atom contains bound electrons equal in number to the protons in the nucleus. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The process of gaining or losing electrons from a neutral atom or molecule is called "ionization". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In chemical terms, if a neutral atom loses one or more electrons, it has a net positive charge and is known as a cation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This unit is defined as a twelfth of the mass of a free neutral atom of carbon-12, which is approximately. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Collisions with neutral atoms or molecules are neglected. From the Cambridge English Corpus To get the mass of the neutral atom, the mass of the missing electrons and their binding energies have to be added to the measured ionic mass. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The plasma is assumed to be isothermal and to consist of electrons and singly charged positive ions in a background of neutral atoms. From the Cambridge English Corpus Therefore, for energies larger than the excitation potential, the kinetics of a dilute electron gas interacting with neutral atoms is always described by (1). From the Cambridge English Corpus It is defined as one twelfth of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state, and has a value of. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of neutral Go to the definition of atom See other collocations with atom {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

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• Definition of neutral
• Definition of atom
• Examples of neutral atom
• Other collocations with atom