The half-life of a radioactive nuclide is
- AHalf the time needed for a sample to complete decay.
- BHalf the time a sample can be kept before it starts to decay.
- CThe time needed for half a sample to decay.
- DThe time needed for the rest of a sample to decay once half of it has already decayed.
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