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Radioactivity   /rˈeɪdioʊæktˈɪvəti/  /rˌeɪdioʊæktˈɪvəti/   Listen
Radioactivity

noun
1.
The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay.  Synonym: radiation.



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"Radioactivity" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the earth to be about two billion years, basing their conclusions on a study of lead pockets left as a result of radioactivity in rocks. The Hindu scriptures declare that an earth such as ours is dissolved for one of two reasons: the inhabitants as a whole become either completely good or completely evil. The world-mind thus ...
— Autobiography of a YOGI • Paramhansa Yogananda

... Telt," Hys said to Brion. "He'll take care of you. Telt's my personal technical squad. He goes along on all my operations with his meters to test the interiors of the Disan forts. So far he's found no trace of a jump-space generator, or excess radioactivity that might indicate a bomb. Since he's useless and you're useless, you both take care of each other. Use the car ...
— Planet of the Damned • Harry Harrison

... man has been using atomic energy for ten thousand years. Our whole world has become drenched with radioactivity. The planet, the seas, the atmosphere, and every living thing, are all radioactive, now. Radioactivity is as natural to us as the air we breathe. Now, you remember hearing of the great wars of the first centuries of the Atomic ...
— Flight From Tomorrow • Henry Beam Piper



Words linked to "Radioactivity" :   emission, corpuscular radiation, radioactive, particulate radiation



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