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Waste containing radioactive nuclides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radioactive material
Narrower terms: high-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive waste
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ճառագայթաակտիվ թափոններ
(čaṙagaytʻaaktiv tʻapʻonner)
— type of waste
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Belarusian:
радыёакты́ўныя адхо́ды
(radyjoaktýwnyja adxódy)
— type of waste
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Catalan:
residu radioactiu
— type of waste
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Chinese Mandarin:
放射性廢料 /放射性废料
(fàngshèxìng fèiliào)
— type of waste
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Czech:
radioaktivní odpad
— type of waste
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Danish:
atomaffald
— type of waste
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Danish:
radioaktivt affald
— type of waste
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Dutch:
radioactief afval
— type of waste
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Finnish:
ydinjäte
— type of waste
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Finnish:
radioaktiivinen jäte
— type of waste
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French:
déchet radioactif
— type of waste
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German:
radioaktiver Abfall
— type of waste
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Greek:
ραδιενεργά απόβλητα
(radienergá apóvlita)
— type of waste
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Hebrew:
פסולת רדיואקטיבית
(psólet radioaktívit)
— type of waste
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Hungarian:
radioaktív hulladék
— type of waste
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Indonesian:
limbah radioaktif
— type of waste
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Irish:
fuíoll núicléach
— type of waste
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Italian:
scoria radioattiva
— type of waste
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Japanese:
放射性廃棄物
(hōshasei haikibutsu)
— type of waste
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Kazakh:
радиоактивті қалдық
(radioaktivtı qaldyq)
— type of waste
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Korean:
방사성 폐기물
(bangsaseong pyegimul)
— type of waste
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Mongolian:
цацраг идэвхт хаягдал
(cacrag idevxt xajagdal)
— type of waste
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Norwegian Bokmål:
atomavfall
— type of waste
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
atomavfall
— type of waste
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Polish:
odpady promieniotwórcze
— type of waste
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Portuguese:
lixo nuclear
— type of waste
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Romanian:
deșeuri radioactive
— type of waste
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Russian:
радиоакти́вные отхо́ды
(radioaktívnyje otxódy)
— type of waste
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Scottish Gaelic:
sgudal rèidio-beò
— type of waste
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Serbo-Croatian:
радиоактивни отпад
— type of waste
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Serbo-Croatian:
radioaktivni otpad
— type of waste
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Slovak:
rádioaktívny odpad
— type of waste
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Slovene:
radioaktívni odpádki
— type of waste
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Spanish:
residuo radiactivo
— type of waste
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Swahili:
taka ya nyuklia
— type of waste
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Swedish:
radioaktivt avfall
— type of waste
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Swedish:
kärnkraftsavfall
— type of waste
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Turkish:
radyoaktif atık
— type of waste
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Ukrainian:
радіоакти́вні відхо́ди
(radioaktývni vidxódy)
— type of waste
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Vietnamese:
chất thải phóng xạ
— type of waste
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Welsh:
gwastraff niwclear
— type of waste