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Radioactive decay Moderate

Radioactive decay has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

2

Any of several processes by which unstable nuclei emit subatomic particles and/or ionizing radiation and disintegrate into one or more smaller nuclei.

See Also
ionizing radiation subatomic particle geoneutrino disintegrate potassium argon dating nuclei radiodecay radioactive waste
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nuclear reaction
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
alpha decay beta decay
Rhyming Words
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