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radioactivity

[rey-dee-oh-ak-tiv-i-tee] / ˌreɪ di oʊ ækˈtɪv ɪ ti /


NOUN
radiation
Synonyms


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That process releases huge amounts of energy, no carbon emissions and limited radioactivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

“And there’s been a lot of reasons for why this process takes so long. But, from a radiological perspective, the actual residual radioactivity at the site is pretty modest.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

The Burevestnik’s radioactivity could make it easy to detect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

The camera will then pick up the radioactivity in such a way that doctors can see how, for example, a cancer has spread.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Caltech hinted to Poillon that Lawrence’s claims for primacy in the discovery of induced radioactivity slighted results obtained first, or at least virtually concurrently, by Lauritsen.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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