English Explanatory Dictionary

radioactive decay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

radioactive decay radioactive decays

Related words

becquerel curie half-life radiation radioactivity
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