| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Effective half life | Nuclear Energy & Physics | The time required for the amount of a particular radionuclide in a system to be reduced to half its value as a consequence of both radioactive decay and other processes such as biological elimination and burnup when the rate of removal is approximately exponential. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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