radioactive decay
noun
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Sense 1 noun
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
Types & categories
- nuclear reaction hypernym
- alpha decay hyponym
- beta decay hyponym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
- disintegrate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disintegrate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nuclear reaction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alpha decay |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beta decay |