HALF-LIFE PERIOD

Domain	Definition
Nuclear Energy & Physics	For a single radioactive decay process, the mean time required for the activity to decrease to half its value by that process. Source: European Union. (references)
Physics	The time taken for the concentration of the parent compound to be reduced to half its original value. It thus gives a measure of the persistence of the chemical in that particular soil. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: HALF-LIFE PERIOD

Language		Translations for "HALF-LIFE PERIOD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		halveringstid (half change value, half-life, radioactive half-life), radioaktiv halveringstid (half-life, radioactive half-life). (various references)

Dutch		halveringstijd (half-life, radioactive half-life), halfwaardetijd (half change value, half-life), fysische halveringstijd (half-life, radioactive half-life). (various references)

Finnish		puoliintumisaika (half-life, radioactive half-life). (various references)

French		période radioactive (half-life, radioactive half-life), période de radioactivité (half-life, radioactive half-life), période de demi-vie (half change value, half-life), période de demi-valeur (half change value, half-life), période (half change value, half-life, radioactive half-life), moitié de la vie moyenne (half change value, half-life), demi-vie radioactive (half-life, radioactive half-life), demi-vie (elimination half-time, half change value, half-life). (various references)

German		Halbwertzeit (half period). (various references)

Greek		χρόνος υποδιπλασιασμού (half-life, radioactive half-life), ημιζωή (half-life, radioactive half-life). (various references)

Italian		tempo di dimezzamento radioattivo (half-life, radioactive half-life), tempo di dimezzamento (half change value, half-life, radioactive half-life), semivita (half change value, half-life), semiperiodo (half change value, half-life), periodo radioattivo (half-life, radioactive half-life). (various references)

Pig Latin		alf-lifehay eriodpay

Portuguese		semivida radioactiva (half-life, radioactive half-life), período radioactivo (half-life, radioactive half-life). (various references)

Spanish		semivida radiactiva (half-life, radioactive half-life), período radiactivo (half-life, radioactive half-life). (various references)

Swedish		halveringstid (half-life). (various references)

Turkish		yarılanma süresi (half-life). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HALF-LIFE PERIOD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-f-h-i-i-l-l-o-p-r"
	-4 letters: perihelial.
	-5 letters: fieldfare, leporidae, perihelia, pilloried, prefilled.
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