low-background steel
low-background steel · low-background steels
Steel with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments…Steel with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Steel with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
(countable, uncountable)Steel created before 1945, and not contaminated by radioisotopes originating from nuclear bomb tests and explosions, and other nuclear technology radioactivity releases.
(countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see low-background, steel.
Origin
Ellipsis of low background radiation steel.Ellipsis of low background radiation steel.
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Forms
plural: low-background steels| Singular | low-background steel |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable