radioactive metal

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radioactive metal [¦rād·ē·ō′ak·tiv ′med·əl]

(nuclear physics)

A luminous metallic element, such as actinium, radium, or uranium, that spontaneously and continuously emits radiation capable in some degree of penetrating matter impervious to ordinary light.

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