The process of inducing
radioactivity by
irradiation. In general, a specification is added of the type of incident
radiation (e.g. nuclear,
neutron, photon) or its energy (e.g. thermal, fast).
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 2513
(Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 2515