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Meanings of radioactivity in английском

русский
радиоактивность
португальский
radioatividade
каталонский
radioactivitat
испанский
radiactividad
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Process by which an unstable atom emits radiation.

Related terms
радиоактивность
португальский
radiações
каталонский
radioactivitat
испанский
radiación

The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay.

radiações
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Examples for "radioactive decay"
Examples for "radioactive decay"
1
There are several kinds of radioactive decay, which offer possibilities for useful clocks.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
2
X-rays are generated by the radioactive decay of unstable atomic nuclei.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
3
The characteristics of this metal's radioactive decay make it a super-fuel.
Wired
4
They have a power supply from the radioactive decay of plutonium-238, which generates heat.
The Guardian
5
Beta-Another form of radioactive decay is the emission of a beta particle, or electron.
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives
1
How pre-mRNAs are committed to nuclear decay is unknown.
Pubmed
Usage of radioactivity in английском
1
Parliament also wants to see a reduction in radioactivity levels in water.
The Irish Times
2
Davey continued to evoke certain excesses committed during her period of radioactivity.
The hellfire club
3
That means that its radioactivity drops by 50 percent every three decades.
Reuters
4
The radioactivity in the secretory stage enamel increased almost linearly with time.
Pubmed
5
The institute confirmed yesterday that the sample had low levels of radioactivity.
The Irish Times
6
If Jorgensen is right, there should be much less radioactivity up there.
On the Beach
7
By then the radioactivity from the blasts would have died down considerably.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
8
The levels of radioactivity are small compared with the releases in 2011.
The Guardian
9
The place was still hot, but it was thermal heat, not radioactivity.
The Measure of a Man
10
Failure to find any clinical evidence of persons harmed by persistent radioactivity.
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
11
Secreted proteins were identified by two-dimensional PAGE, fluorography, and incorporation of radioactivity.
Pubmed
12
Those films would have to be well-buried, to shield them from radioactivity.
The Return
13
Tissue distribution of radioactivity in rats was measured using quantitative whole-body autoradiography.
Pubmed
14
Maybe they'd just absorb the radioactivity and shoot it back at us.
World After
15
Even so, their water supplies are regularly checked for possible radioactivity.
Level 7
16
Moreover, it requires no extra imaging time or radioactivity than the routine protocol.
Pubmed
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Translations for radioactivity
каталонский
radioactivitat
Radioactivity through the time
Radioactivity across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common