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COBALT 60
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radioactive isotope of cobalt with mass number 60; a source of exceptionally intense gamma rays; used in radiation therapy
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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)