radioelement

[rey-dee-oh-el-uh-muhnt]

noun

Chemistry.

1. a radioactive element.

radioelement

/ ˌreɪdɪəʊˈɛlɪmənt /

noun

1. an element that is naturally radioactive

Word History and Origins

Origin of radioelement¹

First recorded in 1900–05; radio- + element

Example Sentences

The discovery thrilled physicists around the world, not least Marie Curie, to whose deathbed the Joliots brought a test tube of the first artificially produced radioelement.

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