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Grammar : Adj
Spell : rey-dee-oh-ak-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ˌreɪ di oʊˈæk tɪv



Définition of radioactive

Origin :
  • 1898, from French radio-actif, coined by Pierre and Marie Curie from radio-, comb. form of Latin radius (see radiation) + actif "active" (see active).
  • adj active
Example sentences :
  • But in order for radioactive breakdown to occur, time must pass.
  • Extract from : « Equation of Doom » by Gerald Vance
  • "Eighty-five isn't nearly as radioactive as the elements akin to it," he said.
  • Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst
  • You see, the radioactive planets your men reported, one of them was—home.
  • Extract from : « Alien Offer » by Al Sevcik
  • The hull was probably too radioactive to approach from the outside.
  • Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
  • They said she was radioactive, but most of 'em wouldn't believe it.
  • Extract from : « The Onslaught from Rigel » by Fletcher Pratt
  • Of 150 pipe-organ wasp nests examined, none was radioactive.
  • Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines
  • Of some 340 kinds of atoms that have been found in nature, about 70 are radioactive.
  • Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines
  • Some nests, investigation disclosed, were built of radioactive mud.
  • Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines
  • So a radioactive type of equilibrium must be established, rather than a convective one.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
  • In that case the radioactive pyramidal cells will overheat and decompose.
  • Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade

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