radioactivity
About 2.67 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus.
- noun The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc.
Similar words
activity radiation radiological radionuclide radioactive dose label contamination gross radioactive decay
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Word family
radioactivities
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