Assertion: atom | /r/SimilarTo | larger targets
Facets:
value: to the neutrons
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: much
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Fermi had shown much earlier that neutrons were far more effectively captured by atoms if they were of low energy (so-called "slow" or "thermal" neutrons), because for quantum reasons it made the atoms look like much larger targets to the neutrons.