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nuclear fallouts

nuclear fallouts is the plural of nuclear fallout.

Meaning of nuclear fallout

Noun

nuclear fallout (countable and uncountable, plural nuclear fallouts)

  1. (uncountable) Residual radioactive material in the upper atmosphere which settles down to Earth over a protracted period; typically ash which has been propelled upwards by a nuclear explosion or disaster, sometimes mixed with rain or snow.
  2. (countable) An event in which this occurs, generally perceived as an ecological disaster due to the distribution of irradiated material over a much larger area than the zone directly affected by the original event.

Questions about nuclear fallouts

What is nuclear fallouts the plural of?
Nuclear fallouts is the plural of nuclear fallout.

Words near nuclear fallouts in the dictionary

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  2. nuclear envelopes
  3. nuclear explosion
  4. nuclear explosions
  5. nuclear fallout
  6. nuclear fallouts
  7. nuclear families
  8. nuclear family
  9. nuclear famine
  10. nuclear famines
  11. nuclear fission

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