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clean
Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks. -
decay
When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process. -
radiometric dating
any method of determining the age of earth materials or objects of organic origin based on measurement of either short-lived radioactive elements or the amount of a long-lived radioactive element plus its decay product. -
radioactive series
a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced. -
radioactive waste
the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel. -
radiocarbon
Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.