How to pronounce“radioactive”in English
uranium, plutonium, things that are so heavy and have so many internal protons and neutrons and electrons, that they're barely held together at all. They're fundamentally unstable or
radioactive, and those elements are very close to falling apart. And as they do that, if you take a uranium 235 or a plutonium 239 nucleus, and you add
something new, usually it's a neutron, a sub-atomic particle that's uncharged, that unstable, that very large nuclei will then break into pieces. Many pieces, a whole spectrum of pieces. But if you add up all of those
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Definitions of “radioactive”
Exhibiting radioactivity.
“As a matter of fact many of our best drinking waters have all sorts of unspecified qualities. Burton water, for example, is radioactive by Beetham's standards up to the ninth degree.”
Dangerous and disgusting, particularly of people or ideas.
“Even sleazy tactics and his radioactive mouth may not be able to contain this debacle.”
Any radioactive substance.
“Any ship nearby will receive a lethal dose of gamma rays, neutrons, and other radioactives.”
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