induced radioactivity

American  

noun

Physics.

1. artificial radioactivity.

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Etymology

Origin of induced radioactivity

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2012

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 "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The other two general types of radiation, viz., radiation from scattered fission products and induced radioactivity from objects near the center of explosion, were definitely proved not to have caused any casualties.

From The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Manhattan District

This induced radioactivity seems to be carried to other bodies by the intermediary of a gas.

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien