kerma

  1. (initialism) .  kinetic energy released in matter.
  2. Noun.  (physics) the sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (neutrons and photons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample.

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