low-background lead

noun

Lead with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.

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Meanings

nounlow-background lead (countable and uncountable, plural low-background leads)

plural low-background leads

  1. countableuncountableLead with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
  2. countableuncountableLead 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.
  3. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see low-background, lead.
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“low-background lead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/low-background%20lead. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “low-background lead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/low-background%20lead.

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