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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RADIO-ACTIVE

RADIO-ACTIVE Ra `di *o-ac "tive, a. [Radio- + active. ] (Physics )

 

Defn: Capable of luminescence under the action of cathode rays, X rays, or any of the allied forms of radiation. -- Ra `di *o- ac *tiv "i *ty, n.