Radioactive

Definitions: Radioactive

Radioactive

Adjective

1. Exhibiting or caused by radioactivity; "radioactive isotope"; "radioactive decay"; "radioactive fallout".

Date "radioactive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Radioactive

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	Exhibiting or pertaining to radioactivity. (references)
Chemical Industry	Processing or pertaining to radioactivity. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	Giving off radiation. (references)
Mining	A. Generally, the property possessed by certain elements, such as uranium, of spontaneously emitting alpha, beta, and/or gamma rays by the disintegration of the nuclei of their atoms b. Of, relating to, caused by, or exhibiting radioactivity. Abbrev., R. (references)
Science	Giving off or capable of giving off radiant energy in the form of particles or rays, as in alpha, beta, and gamma rays. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Radioactive

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
RAI	English	Radioactive Interference	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top

Antonym: nonradioactive (adj). (additional references)

Top

Synonyms within Context: Radioactive

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Calefaction	Inflammable, combustible; diathermal, diathermanous; burnt. Verb: volcanic, radioactive.
	Cauterizer; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa; acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia; catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium.
Physical Energy	Potent; (powerful); radioactive.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Top

Crosswords: Radioactive

English words defined with "radioactive": high-level radioactive waste ♦ low-level radioactive waste ♦ radioactive dating, radioactive decay, radioactive dust, radioactive iodine excretion test, radioactive iodine test, radioactive iodine uptake test, radioactive material, radioactive waste. (references)

Specialty definitions using "radioactive": 14C, 19-Iodocholesterol ♦ 3-Iodobenzylguanidine ♦ 90Y-DOTA-biotin ♦ absolute age, Accidents, Radiation, actinide element, activation analysis, Adosterol, aftercooling, afterheat, Air Pollutants, Radioactive, Air sampling, Airborne radioactivity area, alpha decay, alpha rays, Annual limit on intake, asthenolith, ATOMIC-FUEL ASSEMBLER ♦ Barium Radioisotopes, beta decay, beta disintegration, Biological halflife, Biological shield, bit rot, Body Burden, borehole logging, brachytherapy, Bromine Radioisotopes, Bulky Waste ♦ Cadmium Radioisotopes, Calcium Radioisotopes, canned motor pump, canned pump, Carbon Radioisotopes, c-DNA, Cerium Radioisotopes, Cesium Radioisotopes, CHEMICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, chief, nuclear medicine technologis, Chromium Radioisotopes, Cobalt Radioisotopes, Committed dose equivalent, complementary DNA, concentration processes, controlled area, Copper Radioisotopes ♦ daughter element, daughter product, Daughter products, decay constant, Decay heat, decay product, Decay, radioactive, Decon, DECONTAMINATOR, DELAYED NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS, delayed neutrons, Derived air concentration, Diagnostic Techniques, Radioisotope, DIPPER, CLOCK AND WATCH HANDS, DISPATCHER, RADIOACTIVE-WASTE-DISPOSAL, DNA probe, Drown radio therapy ♦ effective half life, Effective halflife, electron capture, Elemental Iodine, Elements, Radioactive, euxamit, extractor cowl, EXTRUDER OPERATOR, extrusion press supervisor, extrusion-press operator ♦ failed fuel element monitor, Fission products, fission tracks, fludeoxyglucose F 18, Fluorine Radioisotopes, fuel assembler, fuel process cell, fuel shipping cask, fume hood ♦ Gallium Radioisotopes, gamma radiation scanning, Gamma rays, gamma scan, gamma scanning, Gamma Spectrometry, GAMMA-RAY DATA, gamma-ray spectrometry, GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY, gamma-ray well log, gas tracers, gaseous dispersion pattern, Geiger test, Geiger-Mueller probe, GEOLOGIST, PETROLEUM, glassification. (references)

Top

Modern Usage: Radioactive

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, in that case, my neighbor Homer released a radioactive ape into my house. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants! (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck) We have rules against radioactive waste. (Batman Beyond; writing credit: Hilary Bader; Stan Berkowitz) Dr. Hathaway, I saw your show the other night on radioactive isotopes and I've got a question for you. (Real Genius; writing credit: Neal Israel, Pat Proft, and Peter Torokvei.) Those flashes of light they're meteors hundreds of them! Intense heat is turning Metaluna into a radioactive sun. Temperature must be thousands of degrees by now. A lifeless planet. (This Island Earth; writing credit: Raymond F. Jones; Franklin Coen)
Clever	Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives? (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Radioactive Man III (1970) Revenge of the Radioactive Reporter (1991) Radioactive Dreams (1985)
Song Titles	Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars (performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Commercial Usage: Radioactive

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Radioactive Chemical Elements and Isotopes (and Fissile or Fertile Elements and Isotopes) and Their Compounds Including Mixtures and Residues: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	2002 Radiation Threats: Complete Guide to Federal Documents and Plans on Nuclear and Radioactive Terrorism and Risks (reference) 21st Century Bioterrorism and Other Threats: U.S. Army Handbook on Medical Management of Radiological Casualties, Practical Emergency Information about Nuclear Weapons, �Dirty� Radioactive Bombs, Accidental Releases, and other Radiation Contamination Thre (reference) Behind the Nuclear Curtain: Radioactive Waste Management in the Former Soviet Union (reference) Radioactive Heaven & Earth: The Health & Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Testing In, On, & Above the Earth (reference) Radioactive Substances (Great Minds Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Radioactive Materials Released From Nuclear Power Plants Annual Report (reference) Radioactive Waste Newsletter (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Radioactive Dreams (reference) Revenge of the Radioactive Reporter (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech	Simpsons: Bart meets Radioactive Man (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Image Slideshow: Radioactive

Top

Photo Album: Radioactive

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Manipulating radioactive material. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Mandelmann..		Manipulating radioactive material. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Mandelmann..
	The radioactive isotope section of Bucharest Cancer Institute. / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		A "glove box" in the plant for handling radioactive waste. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Mandelmann..
	A "glove box" in the plant for handling radioactive waste. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E. Mandelmann..		... one of the numerous ingenious devices permitting the handling of radioactive substances ... / Brookhaven National Laboratory photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	[Baby chicks exposed to radioactive substance are being checked with a scintillation counter].Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Monitoring for radioactive material after administration of Iodine to a patient ...Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	U.S. Public Health Service aircraft ... used for measuring airborne radioactive materials from nuclear weapons testing ...Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Non-Fiction Usage: Radioactive

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Cobalt 60 may also be disposed of as a radioactive waste. (references)
		E-beams and X-ray facilities do not involve radioactive substances. (references)
		Your child will not be radioactive during or after radiation therapy. (references)
Business		With few exceptions, mining waste does not appear in the waste management statistics, neither does radioactive waste. (references)
		The local Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ARN - Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear) establishes requirements for radioactive materials. (references)
		IVDs that contain radioactive substances must comply with the requirements of these Regulations, which are enforced by the Health & Safety Executive. (references)
Economic History	Bulgaria	Another potential best prospect is for radioactive waste treatment and interim storage at the Kozloduy NPP site. (references)
	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan has identified two major ecological disasters within its borders-- the shrinking of the Aral Sea and radioactive contamination at the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing facility. (references)
	Colombia	Regulations grant national treatment to foreign direct investors and permit 100 percent foreign ownership in most sectors of the Colombian economy, except in national defense and security, and toxic, hazardous, or radioactive products. (references)
Human Rights	Russia	Soyfer and his colleagues had been engaged in measuring the radioactive contamination resulting from a 1985 nuclear submarine accident in Chazhma Bay. (references)
	Russia	Pasko originally was charged with treason and espionage after reporting on radioactive contamination caused by the Pacific Fleet's dumping of radioactive waste into the Sea of Japan. (references)
Political Economy	BULGARIA	Licenses are required for a specific, limited list of goods including radioactive elements, rare and precious metals and stones, certain pharmaceutical products, and pesticides. (references)
Trade	Ecuador	The export of radioactive minerals is subject to control by the Atomic Energy Commission. (references)
	Azerbaijan	The GOAJ prohibits the import of radioactive materials and wastes, narcotics, and psychotropic drugs. (references)
	Azerbaijan	Special permission is required to import weapons, explosives, and certain radioactive equipment used in the oil industry. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top

Speeches: Radioactive

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	We must continue to press ahead for the safe, secure disposal of radioactive wastes, and prevention of nuclear proliferation.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top

Usage Frequency: Radioactive

"Radioactive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.62% of the time. "Radioactive" is used about 795 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.62%	792	8,754
Noun (proper)	0.38%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	795	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top

Expression: Radioactive

Expressions using "radioactive": highly radioactive ♦ make radioactive ♦ radioactive cemetery ♦ radioactive cloud ♦ radioactive dating ♦ radioactive decay ♦ radioactive decay curve ♦ radioactive decay rate ♦ radioactive decontamination ♦ radioactive desintegration ♦ radioactive disintegration ♦ radioactive dust ♦ radioactive fall out ♦ Radioactive Fallout ♦ radioactive implant ♦ radioactive iodine ♦ radioactive iodine excretion test ♦ radioactive iodine test ♦ radioactive iodine uptake test ♦ radioactive iodines ♦ radioactive isotope ♦ radioactive isotopes ♦ radioactive material ♦ radioactive materials ♦ radioactive ores ♦ radioactive paint ♦ Radioactive Pollutants ♦ Radioactive Tracers ♦ radioactive waste ♦ ultimate radioactive waste disposal site. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "radioactive": radioactive-the, radioactive-waste.
	Ending with "radioactive": non-radioactive.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Radioactive

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
radioactive	237
radioactive iodine	93
radioactive decay	44
radioactive symbol	43
radioactive waste	38
radioactive isotope	37
radioactive iodine treatment	33
radioactive dating	25
radioactive sign	24
radioactive man	16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Modern Translations: Radioactive

Language		Translations for "radioactive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		radioaktiv. (various references)

Arabic		‏إشعاعي الفعالية, ‏إشعاعي النشاط. (various references)

Bulgarian		радиоактивен. (various references)

Chinese		�"�射性 (Radio-active), �"�射 (to radiate). (various references)

Czech		radioaktivní (hot). (various references)

Danish		radioaktiv (active). (various references)

Dutch		radioactief (active). (various references)

Farsi		پرتوافشان , تابش دار, رادیواکتیو (Radioisotope). (various references)

Finnish		radioaktiivinen. (various references)

French		radioactif. (various references)

German		radioaktiv (active, hot, radio-active, radioactively). (various references)

Greek		ραδιενεργόσ, ραδιενεργός (active), ακτινενεργόσ. (various references)

Hebrew		ר�"יואקטיבי. (various references)

Hungarian		radioaktív (radio-). (various references)

Indonesian		radioaktif. (various references)

Italian		radioattivo (active). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"�射性 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ほうしゃせい. (various references)

Korean		방사성 (Radio-active). (various references)

Pig Latin		adioactiveray.(various references)

Portuguese		radioativo, radioactivo (active), activo (active, asset, assets, in action, live). (various references)

Russian		радиоактивный (radio-active). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		radioaktivan. (various references)

Spanish		radiactivo (active). (various references)

Swedish		radioaktiv (hot, radiative). (various references)

Turkish		radyoaktif (hot), ışınetkin. (various references)

Ukranian		радіоактивний (active, radiological). (various references)

Vietnamese		phóng xạ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top

Derivations & Misspellings: Radioactive

Derivations
	Words beginning with "radioactive": radioactively. (additional references)
	Words ending with "radioactive": nonradioactive. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Radioactive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: radiactive, radioactifs, radioaktiver, radiocative, radiouclide. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top

Rhyming with "Radioactive"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "radioactive" (pronounced rā'dēōa"ktiv)
6	-ō a" k t i v	retroactive.
5	-a" k t i v	active, attractive, hyperactive, inactive, interactive, overactive, proactive, reactive, refractive, unattractive.
4	-k t i v	addictive, adjective, affective, collective, conductive, connective, constructive, corrective, counterproductive, defective, destructive, detective, directive, distinctive, effective, elective, ineffective, infective, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, introspective, invective, irrespective, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, perspective, photoconductive, predictive, productive, projective, prospective, protective, reconstructive, reflective, reproductive, respective, restrictive, retrospective, seductive, selective, subjective, superconductive, unproductive, vindictive.
3	-t i v	abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Top

Anagrams: Radioactive

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-i-o-r-t-v"
	-1 letter: divaricate.
	-2 letters: radiative, vicariate.
	-3 letters: advocate, caveator, cavitied, cavorted, ceratoid, deviator, radicate, raticide, variated, vaticide, vicarate, victoria.
	-4 letters: acaroid, aecidia, airdate, avarice, aviated, aviator, avodire, avoider, cadaver, cardiae, carotid, caviare, codrive, cordate, cordite, dictier, diorite, divorce, ericoid, erotica, evictor, overact, ovicide, radiate, redcoat, tiaraed, triacid, triadic, vacated, variate, verdict, veridic, viatica.
	-5 letters: acarid, acedia, active, adroit, advect, advert, advice, airted, aortae, aortic, arcade, atavic, aviate, avocet, carate, cardia, caried, carted, carved, caveat, caviar, cavort, cervid, citied, coated, coater, codeia, coedit, corvet, covert, crated, cravat, craved, credit, dacoit, dative, devoir, dicier, direct, divert, dotier, editor, erotic, iatric, iodate, octave, orated, redact, rioted, roadie, tidier, tirade, traced, triced, triode, trivia, vacate, varied, vector, viatic, viator, victor, viroid, vitric, voiced, voicer, voider.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-i-o-r-t-v"
	+2 letters: radioactively, valedictorian.
	+3 letters: nonradioactive, valedictorians.
	+4 letters: overcapitalized, radioactivities.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.