Term: beta radiation: radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
Candidate hypernym: corpuscular radiation: a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons) → 1
Candidate hypernym: xenolith: (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded → 0
Candidate hypernym: semantic role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause → 0
Candidate hypernym: mimicry: the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators → 0
Candidate hypernym: portraitist: a painter or drawer of portraits → 0
Candidate hypernym: varicella zoster virus: the member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpox → 0
Candidate hypernym: semifluidity: a property midway between a solid and a liquid → 0
Candidate hypernym: target: a reference point to shoot at → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow mariposa tulip: mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges → 0
Candidate hypernym: telegraph plant: erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine → 0
Candidate hypernym: overemphasis: too much emphasis → 0