superdeformed
Nuclear Physics
adjective
(Of an atomic nucleus) having an exceptionally elongated shape, especially with a ratio between its long and its short axis of two to one or greater; of or relating to such nuclei.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Nuclear Physics.
- ministerialism
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- Minister of State
- Minister of the Crown
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- Minister without Portfolio
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