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radioactive decay [¦rād·ē·ō′ak·tiv di′kā]

(nuclear physics)

The spontaneous transformation of a nuclide into one or more different nuclides, accompanied by either the emission of particles from the nucleus, nuclear capture or ejection of orbital electrons, or fission. Also known as decay; nuclear spontaneous reaction; radioactive disintegration; radioactive transformation; radioactivity.

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radioactive decay (redirected from Nuclear decay)

radioactive decay
(redirected from Nuclear decay)