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- noun Plural form of
emitter .
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Other elements in the decay chain are gamma emitters, which is why a lump of plutonium becomes more dangerously radioactive in the early years of its decay.
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Other elements in the decay chain are gamma emitters, which is why a lump of plutonium becomes more dangerously radioactive in the early years of its decay.
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Thus one of the consequences of Wheeler and Feynman Absorber Theory is the idea that emitters are intrinsically symmetric, another is that there is no intrinsic difference between so-called emitters and so-called absorbers.
Backward Causation Faye, Jan 2005
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"If emerging countries -- not just China, but India, Brazil and others -- are pursuing a path in which they replace us as the largest carbon emitters, that is not a sustainable, practical approach," he said.
The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines Rohan Sullivan ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010
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"We are seeking a legally binding treaty that includes all major emitters, which is what the Copenhagen Accord was all about last year," Mr. Baird's spokesman, Bill Rodgers, said.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHAWN McCARTHY 2010
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"We are seeking a legally binding treaty that includes all major emitters, which is what the Copenhagen Accord was all about last year," Mr. Baird's spokesman, Bill Rodgers, said.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHAWN McCARTHY 2010
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"We are seeking a legally binding treaty that includes all major emitters, which is what the Copenhagen Accord was all about last year," Mr. Baird's spokesman, Bill Rodgers, said.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHAWN McCARTHY 2010
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"We are seeking a legally binding treaty that includes all major emitters, which is what the Copenhagen Accord was all about last year," Mr. Baird's spokesman, Bill Rodgers, said.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SHAWN McCARTHY 2010
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While Obama champions an effective national cap-and-trade system that sets hard caps on carbon emissions, Harper silenced any intelligent discussion during the last election and produced an anemic plan for intensity targets, applicable only to large industrial emitters, that is justly ridiculed for allowing emissions to rise with production levels.
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All of these are alpha emitters, meaning that aside from chemical toxicity, their radioactive toxicity depends on ingestion.
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