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ultraperipheral

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

On the extreme periphery

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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adj

Meaning 2

Describing particle collisions in which no hadronic interactions occur because of the large spatial separation between the projectile and target

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Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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History

Etymology

From ultra- + peripheral.