"radioactivity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: radioactivities [plural]
Etymology: radioactive + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|radioactive|ity}} radioactive + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} radioactivity (usually uncountable, plural radioactivities)
  1. Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Radioactivity Translations (emission of ionizing radiation): radioaktiwiteit (Afrikaans), erradioaktibitate (Basque), радиоактивност (radioaktivnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), radioactivitat [feminine] (Catalan), 放射性 (fàngshèxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), radioaktivita [feminine] (Czech), radioaktivitet [common-gender] (Danish), radioactiviteit [feminine] (Dutch), radioaktiveco (Esperanto), geislavirkni [neuter] (Faroese), radioaktiivisuus (Finnish), radioactivité [feminine] (French), რადიოაქტიურობა (radioakṭiuroba) (Georgian), რადიაქტივობა (radiakṭivoba) (Georgian), Radioaktivität [feminine] (German), ραδιενέργεια (radienérgeia) [feminine] (Greek), רדיואקטיביות (radioaktíviyut) [feminine] (Hebrew), geislavirkni [feminine] (Icelandic), radaighníomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), 放射能 (hōshanō) (alt: ほうしゃのう) (Japanese), радиоактивтік (radioaktivtık) (Kazakh), 방사능 (bangsaneung) (Korean), radioaktivitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), radioaktivitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), radioaktywność [feminine] (Polish), promieniotwórczość [feminine] (Polish), radioatividade [feminine] (Portuguese), radioactivitate (Romanian), радиоакти́вность (radioaktívnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), rèididheachd (Scottish Gaelic), radioactividad [feminine] (Spanish), radioaktivitet [common-gender] (Swedish), karagilapan (Tagalog), กัมมันตภาพรังสี (Thai), радіоактивність (radioaktyvnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sự phóng xạ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-radioactivity-en-noun-rhjBGM2d Disambiguation of Radioactivity: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'emission of ionizing radiation': 72 28
  2. The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (radiation emitted): radioaktiwiteit (Afrikaans), erradioaktibitate (Basque), радыеакты́ўнасць (radyjeaktýŭnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), радиоакти́вност (radioaktívnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), radioactivitat [feminine] (Catalan), 放射 (fàngshè) (Chinese Mandarin), 放射線 (Chinese Mandarin), 放射线 (fàngshèxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), radioaktivita [feminine] (Czech), radioactiviteit [feminine] (Dutch), radioaktiivisuus (Finnish), radioactivité [feminine] (French), რადიოაქტიურობა (radioakṭiuroba) (Georgian), რადიაქტივობა (radiakṭivoba) (Georgian), Radioaktivität [feminine] (German), ραδιενέργεια (radienérgeia) [feminine] (Greek), קרינה (kriná) [masculine] (Hebrew), radaighníomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), радиобелсенділік (radiobelsendılık) (Kazakh), радиоактивтік (radioaktivtık) (Kazakh), Radioaktivitéit [feminine] (Luxembourgish), radioaktivitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), radioaktivitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), radioatividade [feminine] (Portuguese), радиоакти́вность (radioaktívnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), rèididheachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), rádioaktivita [feminine] (Slovak), radioactividad [feminine] (Spanish), radioaktivitet [common-gender] (Swedish), รังสี (rang-sǐi) (Thai), радіоакти́вність (radioaktývnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-radioactivity-en-noun--jnFcrE0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'radiation emitted': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: radio-activity Related terms: activity, radiation, radio-, half-life

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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
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      "code": "eu",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàngshèxìng",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "放射性"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "radioaktivitet"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioactiviteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "radioaktiveco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "geislavirkni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "radioaktiivisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioactivité"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "radioakṭiuroba",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "რადიოაქტიურობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "radiakṭivoba",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "რადიაქტივობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Radioaktivität"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "radienérgeia",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ραδιενέργεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "radioaktíviyut",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רדיואקטיביות"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geislavirkni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radaighníomhaíocht"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうしゃのう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōshanō",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "放射能"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "radioaktivtık",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "радиоактивтік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bangsaneung",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "방사능"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktywność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "promieniotwórczość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioatividade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "radioactivitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "radioaktívnostʹ",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радиоакти́вность"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "rèididheachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "radioactividad"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "karagilapan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "กัมมันตภาพรังสี"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "radioaktyvnistʹ",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радіоактивність"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "emission of ionizing radiation",
      "word": "sự phóng xạ"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "radioaktiwiteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "erradioaktibitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "radyjeaktýŭnascʹ",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радыеакты́ўнасць"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "radioaktívnost",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радиоакти́вност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioactivitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàngshè",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "放射"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "放射線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàngshèxiàn",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "放射线"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivita"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioactiviteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "radioaktiivisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioactivité"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "radioakṭiuroba",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "რადიოაქტიურობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "radiakṭivoba",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "რადიაქტივობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Radioaktivität"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "radienérgeia",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ραδιενέργεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kriná",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קרינה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radaighníomhaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "radiobelsendılık",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "радиобелсенділік"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "radioaktivtık",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "радиоактивтік"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Radioaktivitéit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioatividade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "radioaktívnostʹ",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радиоакти́вность"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rèididheachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rádioaktivita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radioactividad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rang-sǐi",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "word": "รังสี"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "radioaktývnistʹ",
      "sense": "radiation emitted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радіоакти́вність"
    }
  ],
  "word": "radioactivity"
}

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