Half life Uncommon

Definitions

Noun

the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)

half life half-life

See Also

radioactivity iodine 125 chlorine 36 radioactive potassium 40 decay polonium 210 radioactinium

Related Terms

radioactivity iodine 125 chlorine 36 radioactive potassium 40 decay polonium 210 radioactinium thorium 228 sample metalithium calcium 45 potassium 42 uranium 235 hassium 270 nucleus vanadium 50 isotope half lives radioiodine

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

time period

Rhyming Words

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