Dictionary Definition
fallout
Noun
1 the radioactive particles that settle to the
ground after a nuclear explosion [syn: radioactive
dust]
2 any adverse and unwanted secondary effect; "a
strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal" [syn:
side
effect]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From the verb fall outNoun
- The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in signifiant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
- The particles themselves.
- ''On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area.
- A negative side effect;
an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
- Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism'', title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in http://www.jewishworldreview.com.
- A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
- The person who declines such an offer.
Derived terms
- area of militarily significant fallout
- atmospheric fallout
- borrower fallout
- chemical fallout
- fallout contour
- fallout pattern
- fallout prediction
- fallout risk
- fallout safe height of burst
- fallout shelter
- fallout winds
- fallout wind vector plot
- investor fallout
- militarily significant fallout
- nuclear fallout
- radioactive fallout
- soot fallout
Synonyms
- sense negative side effect repercussions
Translations
event of airborne particles falling to the
ground
- Finnish: laskeuma
- Russian: осадки
particles that fall to the ground
- Finnish: laskeuma
- German: Fallout
- Russian: осадки
negative side effect
- Finnish: sivuvaikutus
- French: retombées f|p
declined offer in a sales transaction when
acceptance was presumed
Extensive Definition
Fallout may refer to:
- Nuclear fallout, the residual radiation hazard from a nuclear explosion.
- Fallout
(video game), a 1997 post-apocalyptic computer role-playing
game released by Interplay Entertainment.
- Fallout series, the sequels and spinoff games derived from Fallout.
- Fall-out, someone who lags behind his unit formation in the military
In television:
- "Fallout (RTÉ drama)", an Irish television drama concerning a nuclear accident at Sellafield.
- "Fall Out (The Prisoner)", the last episode of The Prisoner.
- "Fallout (Heroes)", the eleventh episode of the television show Heroes.
- "Fallout (Stargate SG-1)", an episode in the television series Stargate SG-1.
- "Fallout (Jericho)", an episode in the television series Jericho.
- Fallout Boy, a fictional comic book character in The Simpsons, the sidekick of Radioactive Man.
In music:
- Fall Out Boy, a Chicago-based pop punk band.
- Fallout Records, a record label created in 2005.
- The Fallout, the debut album of Default, a Vancouver-based rock band.
- Fallout (band), a short lived Brooklyn-based heavy metal band.
- Fallout (Front Line Assembly album), an album by industrial band Front Line Assembly.
- Fall Out, the debut single released by The Police.
fallout in German: Fallout
fallout in Italian: Fallout
fallout in Dutch: Fallout
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
A-blast, A-bomb shelter, H-blast, Mach front,
activity, air
pollution, airborne radioactivity, artificial radioactivity, atom
blast, attritus, blast
wave, bran, contamination, cosmic
dust, crumb, crumble, curiage, decontamination,
dust, dust ball, dust
cloud, efflorescence, fallout
shelter, farina, filings, fission particles,
flash burn, flour,
grits, groats, ground zero, half-life,
hydrogen blast, kittens,
lint, meal, mushroom cloud, natural
radioactivity, nuclear radiation, powder, pussies, radiant energy,
radiation, radioactive
dust, radioactive radiation, radioactivity, radiocarbon
dating, radiolucency, radiopacity, radiosensibility,
radiosensitivity,
raspings, saturation
point, sawdust, smut, soot, specific
activity