low-background lead
low-background lead · low-background leads
Lead with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments…Lead with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Lead with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
(countable, uncountable)Lead sourced from ancient shipwrecks, where the deep sea environment has kept it from accumulating radiation from outside sources, and where inherent radiation has decayed away in the time it has been sunk.
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see low-background, lead.
Forms
plural: low-background leads| Singular | low-background lead |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable