Definition that contains radioactivity
- hot having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
- radio indicating radiation or radioactivity
- radioactive exhibiting or caused by radioactivity
- detector electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
- ci a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- curie a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- curie French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)
- fermi Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)
- dosimeter a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity)
- radiotherapy equipment equipment used to treat diseases with x-rays or radioactivity