- Prompt — is an adjective meaning quick or on time , or a verb meaning to lead someone .* Command prompt, in computing, one or more characters in a command line interface to indicate that the computer is ready to accept typed input * Prompt (theatre) or… …   Wikipedia 
- Prompt neutron — In nuclear engineering, a prompt neutron is a neutron immediately emitted by a nuclear fission event, as opposed to a delayed neutron decay which can occur within the same context, emitted by one of the fission products anytime from a few… …   Wikipedia 
- neutrons instantanés — akimirkiniai neutronai statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Neutronai, atsirandantys tiesiogiai branduolių dalijimosi metu. atitikmenys: angl. prompt neutrons vok. prompte Neutronen, n; Promptneutronen, n rus. моментные нейтроны, m pranc.… …   Aiškinamasis šiluminės ir branduolinės technikos terminų žodynas 
- neutrons prompts — akimirkiniai neutronai statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Neutronai, atsirandantys tiesiogiai branduolių dalijimosi metu. atitikmenys: angl. prompt neutrons vok. prompte Neutronen, n; Promptneutronen, n rus. моментные нейтроны, m pranc.… …   Aiškinamasis šiluminės ir branduolinės technikos terminų žodynas 
- Prompt gamma neutron activation analysis — (PGAA) is a very widely applicable technique for determining the presence and amount of many elements simultaneously in samples ranging in size from micrograms to many grams. It is a non destructive method, and the chemical form and shape of the… …   Wikipedia 
- Prompt critical — In nuclear engineering, an assembly is prompt critical if for each nuclear fission event, one or more of the immediate or prompt neutrons released causes an additional fission event. This causes a rapidly exponential increase in the number of… …   Wikipedia 
- prompt neutron — ▪ nuclear particle       in nuclear fission reactions, neutron emitted instantaneously by a nucleus undergoing fission in contrast to a delayed neutron, which is emitted by an excited nucleus among the fission products at an appreciable time… …   Universalium 
- Nuclear chain reaction — A possible nuclear fission chain reaction. 1. A uranium 235 atom absorbs a neutron, and fissions into two new atoms (fission fragments), releasing three new neutrons and a large amount of binding energy. 2. One of those neutrons is absorbed by an …   Wikipedia 
- nuclear fission — fission (def. 2). [1885 90] * * * Division of a heavy atomic nucleus into two fragments of roughly equal mass, accompanied by the release of a large amount of energy, the binding energy of the subatomic particles. The energy released in the… …   Universalium 
- Delayed neutron — In nuclear engineering, a delayed neutron is a neutron emitted after a nuclear fission event by one of the fission products anytime from a few milliseconds to a few minutes later, similar to a prompt neutron decay which can occur within the same… …   Wikipedia