Term: cross section: (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
Candidate hypernym: probability: a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible → 1
Candidate hypernym: monomaniac: a person suffering from monomania → 0
Candidate hypernym: pointer: an indicator as on a dial → 0
Candidate hypernym: cryptobranchus: type genus of the Cryptobranchidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: clothespin: wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline → 0
Candidate hypernym: arabis: annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress → 0
Candidate hypernym: synergism: the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace → 0
Candidate hypernym: fisc: a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse → 0
Candidate hypernym: interdict: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: lamb chop: chop cut from a lamb → 0
Candidate hypernym: draba: any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique → 0