電でん子し捕ほ獲かく

noun

electron capture

Technical term in nuclear physics referring to a type of radioactive decay where an atomic nucleus absorbs an inner orbital electron.

• 電でん子し捕ほ獲かくは、陽よう子しが電でん子しを捕つかまえて中ちゅう性せい子しに変かわる現げん象しょうです。

  Electron capture is a phenomenon in which a proton captures an electron and turns into a neutron.