Radioactivity Common

Radioactivity has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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

radiation radioactivity

Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus.

See Also

radium half life kilobecquerel api unit electron radiation megacurie geiger counter

Related Terms

radium half life kilobecquerel api unit electron radiation megacurie geiger counter unstable gamma ray neutron nucleus curie radiogravimetric rutherford gamma particle radiogenic alpha particle mache spontaneous

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

emission

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

corpuscular radiation

Rhyming Words

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