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drip line

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

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

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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