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relative
(redirected from relative biological effectiveness (RBE))

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relative
(of a musical key or scale) having the same key signature as another key or scale

relative [′rel·əd·iv]
(navigation)
Related to a moving point; apparent, as relative wind, relative movement.
Related to or measured from the heading, as relative bearing.

RELATIVE - Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).


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Currently adopted models for Chernobyl dose estimates ignore contributions from alpha emissions even though they are known to have relative biological effectiveness (RBE) about 20 times larger than that of most radioactive beta and gamma radiation (Fairlie and Sumner 2006; International Commission on Radiological Protection 1991; UNSCEAR 2000).
 
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