radio-tagn.1
/ˈreɪdɪəʊˌtaɡ/, U.S. /ˈreɪdioʊˌtæɡ/ Medicine and Chemistry. Now rare.
= radiolabel n.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactive isotope > radioactive label > [noun]
radiolabel1957
radio-tag1970
1970 Internat. Jrnl. Appl. Radiation & Isotopes 21 274/2 The area was monitored with a Victoreen radiation instrument and it was possible to detect the radiotag on the copper wire at about 3 ft.
1972 Jrnl. Organometallic Chem. 34 246 γ-substitution as in cinnamylmercuric bromide..reduces the exchange rate to such an extent that statistical distribution of the radio-tag requires at least five hours.
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radio-tagv.
/ˈreɪdɪəʊˌtaɡ/, U.S. /ˈreɪdioʊˌtæɡ/ Chiefly Ecology.
transitive. To attach a very small radio transmitter to (esp. an animal) for the purposes of location tracking.
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1966 Jrnl. Mammalogy 47 459 This young female..was captured 23 September 1964, radio-tagged, and released at the capture point.
1997 New Scientist 24 May 32/1 The researchers are now radiotagging barred owls to monitor changes in their behaviour when more and more of their home range falls to the chainsaw.
2001 BBC Wildlife Sept. 78/1 Neale has been radio-tagged by research scientists in order to establish where..great whites go in different seasons.
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