How to pronounce “drip line”

Meaning

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

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Similar Sounds

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