Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secular equilibrium

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: sec-u-lar e-qui-lib-ri-um
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation of the quantity of a radioisotope remaining constant because it is produced (by decay of a parent isotope) at the same rate that it decays.

Example Sentences

"In decay schemes of this type, the following three conditions may predominate: (1) secular equilibrium, (2) transient equilibrium, and (3) the state of no equilibrium."
"The ^{₆₈}Ge/^{₆₈}Ga and the ^{₈₂}Sr/^{₈₂}Rb generators represent secular equilibria."
"At the same time, because of differences in the chemistry of the daughter and parent elements involved in such secular equilibria, this parent:daughter ratio may not be equal to 1."

Inflected Forms

secular equilibria (plural) secular equilibriums (plural)

Synonyms

radioactive equilibrium

Questions

What does secular equilibrium mean?: The situation of the quantity of a radioisotope remaining constant because it is produced (by decay of a parent isotope) at the same rate that it decays.

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