Etymology
In reference to such material falling out of the sky.
Noun
nuclear fallout (countable and uncountable, plural nuclear fallouts)
- (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.
- (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.
Translations
radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth
- Arabic: تَهَاطُل نَوَوِيّ m (tahāṭul nawawiyy)
- Armenian: ճառագայթաակտիվ նստվածք (čaṙagaytʻaaktiv nstvackʻ)
- Basque: euri erradioaktibo
- Belarusian: радыёакты́ўны аса́дак m (radyjoaktýwny asádak)
- Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: pluja radioactiva
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 放射性落下灰 (zh) (fàngshèxìng luò xià huī)
- Czech: radioaktivní spad m
- Danish: radioaktivt nedfald
- Dutch: fall-out (nl)
- Faroese: geislavirkið avfall n
- Finnish: radioaktiivinen laskeuma
- French: retombée radioactive
- German: radioaktiver Niederschlag
- Greek: ραδιενεργό νέφος n (radienergó néfos)
- Hebrew: נשורת גרעינית
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: radioaktív hulladék, radioaktív szennyeződés, radioaktív csapadék
- Italian: fallout nucleare
- Japanese: 放射性降下物 (hōsha sei kōka butsu), (colloquial) 死の灰 (shinohai)
- Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: opad promieniotwórczy
- Portuguese: chuva radioativa f, chuva negra f
- Romanian: precipitație radioactivă f
- Russian: радиоакти́вный оса́док m (radioaktívnyj osádok)
- Sardinian: aba proja radioativa
- Serbo-Croatian: nuklearne padaline f pl, radioaktivne padaline f pl
- Cyrillic: нуклеарне падавине
- Roman: nuklearne padavine
- Slovak: rádioaktívny spad m
- Slovene: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: lluvia radiactiva f
- Swedish: radioaktivt nedfall n
- Thai: ฝุ่นรังสีนิวเคลียร์ (fùn rangsĕe niwklia)
- Turkish: radyoaktif bulut
- Ukrainian: радіоакти́вний оса́д m (radioaktývnyj osád)
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: alldafliad ymbelydrol m
|