induced radioactivity

American  

noun

Physics.

1. artificial radioactivity.

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Etymology

Origin of induced radioactivity

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The discoveries of the neutron in 1932 and of induced radioactivity in 1934 opened up a new line of research — manufacturing elements in the lab by bombarding atoms with particles.

From Nature

One excuse Lawrence cited frequently was that induced radioactivity was so unexpected a phenomenon that the Rad Lab could not be blamed for missing it—every other physics lab in the world had missed it too, until the Joliots came upon it by accident.

From Literature

As early as the 1920s, Rutherford had started searching for induced radioactivity in targets blasted with alpha rays.

From Literature

Caltech hinted to Poillon that Lawrence’s claims for primacy in the discovery of induced radioactivity slighted results obtained first, or at least virtually concurrently, by Lauritsen.

From Literature

Next, there's the induced radioactivity in the structure and moderator of a tokamak power reactor. 

From New York Times