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secular equilibria

secular equilibria is the plural of secular equilibrium.

Meaning of secular equilibrium

Noun

secular equilibrium (plural secular equilibria or secular equilibriums)

  1. (nuclear physics) 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.
    • 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.1998, Michael F. L'Annunziata, Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis, Academic Press, page 61

Questions about secular equilibria

What is secular equilibria the plural of?
Secular equilibria is the plural of secular equilibrium.

Words near secular equilibria in the dictionary

  1. secula
  2. secular
  3. secular arm
  4. secular arms
  5. secular clergy
  6. secular equilibria
  7. secular equilibrium
  8. secular equilibriums
  9. secular progressivism
  10. secular religion
  11. secular religions

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