English Explanatory Dictionary

low-background steel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Steel with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
  2. Steel created before 1945, and not contaminated by radioisotopes originating from nuclear bomb tests and explosions, and other nuclear technology radioactivity releases.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see low-background, steel.

Word forms

low-background steel low-background steels

Etymology

Ellipsis of low background radiation steel.

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