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COBALT 60
Dictionary entry overview: What does cobalt 60 mean?
• COBALT 60 (noun)
The noun COBALT 60 has 1 sense:
1. a radioactive isotope of cobalt with mass number 60; a source of exceptionally intense gamma rays; used in radiation therapy
Familiarity information: COBALT 60 used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radioactive isotope of cobalt with mass number 60; a source of exceptionally intense gamma rays; used in radiation therapy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("cobalt 60" is a kind of...):
atomic number 27; Co; cobalt (a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition)
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