radioelement

American

[rey-dee-oh-el-uh-muhnt] / ˌreɪ di oʊˈɛl ə mənt /

noun

Chemistry.

a radioactive element.

radioelement British

/ ˌreɪdɪəʊˈɛlɪmənt /

noun

an element that is naturally radioactive

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Etymology

Origin of radioelement

First recorded in 1900–05; radio- + element

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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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