The half-life of a radioactive nuclide is

  • A
    Half the time needed for a sample to complete decay.
  • B
    Half the time a sample can be kept before it starts to decay.
  • C
    The time needed for half a sample to decay.
  • D
    The time needed for the rest of a sample to decay once half of it has already decayed.

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