low-background lead (English, noun)
expansion: low-background lead (countable and uncountable, plural low-background leads)
Senses:
glosses: Lead with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Lead sourced from ancient shipwrecks, where the deep sea environment has kept it from accumulating radiation from outside sources, and where inherent radiation has decayed away in the time it has been sunk.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see low-background, lead.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: low-background leads
tags: plural