Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radionuclide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: ra-dionu-clide
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a radioactive nuclide

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- English nuclide English radionuclide From radio- + nuclide.

Inflected Forms

radionuclides (plural) radio-nuclide (alternative) radio-nucleide (alternative) radionucleide (alternative)

Derived Forms

radionuclidic

Synonyms

radioisotope

Questions

What does radionuclide mean?: a radioactive nuclide
Where does radionuclide come from?: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- English nuclide English radionuclide From radio- + nuclide.

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