Definition & Meaning of "radioactivity"in English

Radioactivity

the emission of ionizing radiation or particles caused by the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei in radioactive substances

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singular

not gender specific

Examples

The phenomenon of radioactivity was discovered by Henri Becquerel while studying the properties of uranium salts.

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