different between radioactive vs radionuclide
radioactive
English
Alternative forms
- radio-active (dated)
Etymology
Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 as French radio-actif, equivalent to English radio- +? active.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??e?dio??akt?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /??e?dio??ækt?v/
- Rhymes: -ækt?v
Adjective
radioactive (comparative more radioactive, superlative most radioactive)
- Exhibiting radioactivity.
- (figuratively, rare) Dangerous and disgusting, particularly of people or ideas.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Derived terms
- nonradioactive
- radioactively
Translations
Noun
radioactive (plural radioactives)
- Any radioactive substance.
- 2016, Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson, On to the Asteroid
- Any ship nearby will receive a lethal dose of gamma rays, neutrons, and other radioactives.
- 2016, Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson, On to the Asteroid
Further reading
- “radioactive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- radioactive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Adjective
radioactive
- feminine singular of radioactif
radioactive From the web:
- what radioactive material is in smoke detectors
- what radioactive isotopes are used in medicine
- what radioactive material was used in chernobyl
- what radioactive means
- what radioactive element is in smoke detectors
- what radioactive does to humans
- what radioactive level is unsafe
- what radioactive material was released in chernobyl
radionuclide
English
Etymology
radio- +? nuclide
Alternative forms
- radio-nuclide
Noun
radionuclide (plural radionuclides)
- (physics) a radioactive nuclide
Synonyms
- radioisotope
Translations
Italian
Etymology
radio- +? nuclide
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ra.djo.nu?kli.de/
- Rhymes: -ide
Noun
radionuclide m (plural radionuclidi)
- (physics) radionuclide
radionuclide From the web:
- what radionuclide is used in pet scans
- what radionuclides are produced in a cyclotron
- what radionuclide is used in bone scan
- what radionuclide is used to study lung function
- what isotopes are used in pet scans
- what radioisotopes are used in pet scans
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