(radioactive decay)
41decay — decayable, adj. decayedness /di kayd nis, kay id /, adj. decayless, adj. /di kay /, v.i. 1. to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying. 2. to decline in excellence, prosperity, health, etc.; deteriorate. 3. Physics. (of a radioactive …
42decay — n. 1) to fall into decay 2) tooth decay 3) radioactive decay 4) moral decay * * * [dɪ keɪ] moral decay radioactive decay to fall into decay tooth decay …
43Radioactive Ion Beam Optimization — RIBO stands for the Radioactive Ion Beam Optimization, a concept closely linked to the extraction of rare isotopes from targets.OverviewIndeed, rare and radioactive here are synonyms. These are nuclei with an excess or deficit of neutrons or… …
44radioactive series — noun : a series of elements that are formed by disintegration of a long lived parent (as actinium, thorium, or uranium) through the successive loss of alpha or beta particles sometimes by alternative routes and that are all radioactive except the …
45Decay — Contents 1 Science and technlogy 1.1 Biology 1.2 Physics 1.3 …
46radioactive disintegration law — radioaktyviojo skilimo dėsnis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. law of radioactive disintegration; radioactive decay law; radioactive disintegration law vok. Gesetz des radioaktiven Zerfalls, n; radioaktives Zerfallsgesetz, n;… …
47decay — [dē kā′, dikā′] vi. [ME decaien < Anglo Fr & OFr decäir < VL * decadere: see DECADENCE] 1. to lose strength, soundness, health, beauty, prosperity, etc. gradually; waste away; deteriorate 2. to rot or decompose 3. to undergo radioactive… …
48decay constant — n the constant ratio of the number of radioactive atoms disintegrating in any specified short unit interval of time to the total number of atoms of the same kind still intact at the beginning of that interval called also disintegration constant * …
49decay — vb Decay, decompose, rot, putrefy, spoil, disintegrate, crumble mean to undergo or, in some cases, to cause something to undergo destructive dissolution. Decay implies change, commonly a natural and gradual change, from a state of soundness or… …
50radioactive dating — ☆ radioactive dating n. the determination of the age of an artifact, bone, rock, etc. based on the known rates of decay of radioactive isotopes of various elements * * * …
