Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drip line

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: drip -line
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

On the table of nuclides, the limit beyond which an atomic nucleus will immediately decay by emitting a proton or neutron.

noun

The area defined by the outermost circumference of a tree canopy from where water drips onto the ground.

noun

A pipe that has small holes at intervals, used to irrigate crops.

Example Sentences

"Hydrogen-7 has so many excess neutrons that it lies beyond the neutron drip line, and will spit out neutrons until it becomes a particle-bound isotope."
"2010, instructions on bottle of Ortho Weed B Gon Max Be particularly careful applying within the drip line of trees and other ornamental species."

Inflected Forms

drip lines (plural)

Questions

What does drip line mean?: On the table of nuclides, the limit beyond which an atomic nucleus will immediately decay by emitting a proton or neutron.

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