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No, the word definition 'The probability of a nucleus decaying per unit time'

So is the definition I gave for the decay constant completely correct?

Oh I see now. Thanks.

But what does 100/year mean exactly? The definition 'The probability of a nucleus decaying per unit time' doesn't seem to explain this.

Decay Constant, as it says on my revision sheet is defined as 'The probability of a nucleus decaying per unit time'. Does it mean that it can't be greater than 1? Otherwise, doesn't that imply that a nucleus is most certainly going to decay(greater than 100% chance within a certain period...