noun
- a radioactive chemical element
Usage: scientific
Examples
- Uranium is a naturally occurring radioelement.
- The laboratory detected traces of radioelements in the soil sample.
- Scientists study radioelements to understand nuclear decay processes.
- Radium was one of the first radioelements discovered by Marie Curie.
- The half-life of a radioelement determines how quickly it decays.
- Medical imaging sometimes uses synthetic radioelements as tracers.