Another interesting source of energy is the heat that can be recovered from radioactive waste material.
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Radioactive
//ˌɹeɪdiəʊˈaktɪv//
Synonyms for "radioactive" (6 found)
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Related words (3)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 44 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- radioaktief adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Armenian
2 entries- ճառագայթաակտիվ adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
- ռադիոակտիվ adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Asturian
1 entries- radioactivu adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Basque
1 entries- erradioaktibo adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Belarusian
1 entries- радыёакты́ўны adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Bulgarian
1 entries- радиоакти́вен adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Catalan
1 entries- radioactiu adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 放射性 adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Czech
1 entries- radioaktivní adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Danish
1 entries- radioaktiv adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Dutch
1 entries- radioactief adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Esperanto
1 entries- radioaktiva adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Faroese
1 entries- geislavirkin adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Finnish
1 entries- radioaktiivinen adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
French
1 entries- radioactif adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Galician
1 entries- radioactivo adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Georgian
1 entries- რადიოაქტიური adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
German
1 entries- radioaktiv adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Greek
1 entries- ραδιοενεργό adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Hebrew
1 entries- רדיואקטיבי adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Hindi
1 entries- विकिरणशील adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Hungarian
1 entries- radioaktív adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Icelandic
1 entries- geislavirkur adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Ido
1 entries- radioaktiva adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Indonesian
1 entries- radioaktif adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Italian
1 entries- radioattivo adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Japanese
1 entries- 放射性 adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Kazakh
2 entries- радиоактивті adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
- радиоактивтік adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Lithuanian
1 entries- radioaktyvus adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Mongolian
1 entries- цацраг идэвхит adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Māori
1 entries- iraruke adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Polish
1 entries- radioaktywny adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Portuguese
2 entries- radioactivo adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
- radioativo adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Romanian
1 entries- radioactiv adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Russian
1 entries- радиоакти́вный adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rèidio-beò adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- radioaktivni adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
- радиоактивни adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Slovak
1 entries- rádioaktívny adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Slovene
1 entries- radioaktíven adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Spanish
1 entries- radiactivo adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Swedish
1 entries- radioaktiv adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Thai
1 entries- กัมมันตรังสี adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Turkish
1 entries- radyoaktif adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Ukrainian
1 entries- радіоакти́вний adj (exhibiting radioactivity)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The infant has been exposed to radioactive rays.
Source: tatoeba (43515)
In fact, the inhabitants have been exposed to radioactive rays.
Source: tatoeba (265072)
Strontium 90: One of the radioisotopes of strontium; part of radioactive fallout, harmful to human health.
Source: tatoeba (327061)
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