Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun radioactive_decay

1 sense of radioactive decay

Sense 1
decay, radioactive decay, disintegration -- (the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation)
       => nuclear reaction -- ((physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei)

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