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Residual radioactive material in the upper atmosphere which settles down to Earth over a protracted period; typically ash which has been propelled upwards by a nuclear explosion or disaster, sometimes mixed with rain or snow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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An event in which this occurs, generally perceived as an ecological disaster due to the distribution of irradiated material over a much larger area than the zone directly affected by the original event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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In reference to such material falling out of the sky.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَهَاطُل نَوَوِيّ
(tahāṭul nawawiyy)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Armenian:
ճառագայթաակտիվ նստվածք
(čaṙagaytʻaaktiv nstvackʻ)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Basque:
euri erradioaktibo
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Belarusian:
радыёакты́ўны аса́дак
(radyjoaktýwny asádak)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Catalan:
pluja radioactiva
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Chinese Mandarin:
放射性落下灰
(fàngshèxìng luò xià huī)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Czech:
radioaktivní spad
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Danish:
radioaktivt nedfald
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Dutch:
fall-out
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Faroese:
geislavirkið avfall
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Finnish:
radioaktiivinen laskeuma
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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French:
retombée radioactive
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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German:
radioaktiver Niederschlag
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Greek:
ραδιενεργό νέφος
(radienergó néfos)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Hebrew:
נשורת גרעינית
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Hungarian:
radioaktív hulladék
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Hungarian:
radioaktív szennyeződés
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Hungarian:
radioaktív csapadék
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Italian:
fallout nucleare
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Japanese:
放射性降下物
(hōsha sei kōka butsu)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Japanese:
死の灰
(shinohai)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Polish:
opad promieniotwórczy
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Portuguese:
chuva radioativa
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Portuguese:
chuva negra
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Romanian:
precipitație radioactivă
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Russian:
радиоакти́вный оса́док
(radioaktívnyj osádok)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Sardinian:
aba proja radioativa
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Serbo-Croatian:
nuklearne padaline
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Serbo-Croatian:
radioaktivne padaline
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Serbo-Croatian:
нуклеарне падавине
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Serbo-Croatian:
nuklearne padavine
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Slovak:
rádioaktívny spad
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Spanish:
lluvia radiactiva
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Swedish:
radioaktivt nedfall
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Thai:
ฝุ่นรังสีนิวเคลียร์
(fùn rangsĕe niwklia)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Turkish:
radyoaktif bulut
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Ukrainian:
радіоакти́вний оса́д
(radioaktývnyj osád)
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
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Welsh:
alldafliad ymbelydrol
— radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
