Associations to the word «Radioactivity»

Wiktionary

RADIOACTIVITY, noun. Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus.
RADIOACTIVITY, noun. The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc.

Dictionary definition

RADIOACTIVITY, noun. The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King