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Noun Concept
Categories: Nuclear physics, Nuclear chemistry, Radioactivity
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capture  electron capture  K capture  EC decay  electron-capture
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Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle WordNet 3.0
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Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Electron capture is a process in which the proton-rich nucleus of an electrically neutral atom absorbs an inner atomic electron, usually from the K or L electron shells. Wikipedia
A nuclear reaction Wikipedia Disambiguation
Process in which a proton-rich nuclide absorbs an inner atomic electron Wikidata
A nuclear reaction in which an electron (either free, or from the shell of the atom itself) is absorbed into a nucleus, a proton being converted into a neutron in the process. Wiktionary