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radioactive series
noun Physics, Chemistry.
a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
Also called decay series.
Origin:
1920–25
1920–25
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Radioactive series
is always a great word to know.
So is compressibility. Does it mean:
| the reciprocal of the bulk modulus, equal to the ratio of the fractional change in volume to the stress applied to a body |
| the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force |
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| radioactive series | |
| —n | |
| physics uranium series neptunium series thorium series See actinium series a series of nuclides each of which undergoes radioactive decay into the next member of the series, ending with a stable element, usually lead | |
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