radioactive decay

English

Noun

radioactive decay (countable and uncountable, plural radioactive decays)

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

Translations

physical process

Czech: radioaktivní rozpad m
Danish: radioaktivt henfald n
Finnish: hajoaminen (fi)
German: radioaktiver Zerfall m

Portuguese: decaimento radioativo m, decaimento radiativo m
Swedish: radioaktivt sönderfall n, sönderfall (sv) n
Turkish: radyoaktif bozunum, radyoaktif parçalanma

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