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 Definitions of RADIATION  [ˌreɪ diˈeɪ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'RADIATION' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) radiation
the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves.

2.  radiation
the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body.

3.  radiation
the energy transferred by these processes.

4.  radiation
the act or process of radiating.

5.  radiation
something that is radiated.

6.  radiation
radial arrangement of parts.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < L radiātiō gleam. See radiate , -tion)

Definition of 'RADIATION' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) radiation
energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles

2. (noun) radiation
the act of spreading outward from a central source

3. (noun) radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation
syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
"he was suffering from radiation"

4. (noun) radiation, radioactivity
the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay

5. (noun) radiation
the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats

6. (noun) radiation
a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain

7. (noun) radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance


Definition of 'RADIATION' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) radiation
energy produced by a nuclear reaction
dangerous levels of radiation

2.  radiation
rays of energy produced by heat, light, etc.
cell phone radiation hazards


Definition of 'RADIATION' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) RADIATION
the act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness

2. (noun) RADIATION
the shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat


Definition of 'RADIATION' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  RADIATION
Emission or propagation of electromagnetic energy (waves/rays), or the waves/rays themselves; a stream of electromagnetic particles (electrons, neutrons, protons, alpha particles) or a mixture of these. The most common source is the sun.


Definition of 'RADIATION' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  RADIATION
The traveling or motion of ether waves through space.

[Transcriber's note: The modern term corresponding to this definition is photons. The modern concept of radiation also includes particles-- neutrons, protons, alpha (helium) and beta (electrons) rays and other exotic items.]


Translation of 'RADIATION' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: rays of light, heat etc or of any radioactive substance.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bestraling Arabic flag Arabic: إشْعاع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: излъчване
Brazilian flag Brazilian: radiação Czech flag Czech: vyzařování German flag German: die Ausstrahlung
Danish flag Danish: stråling Greek flag Greek: ακτινοβολία Spanish flag Spanish: radiación
Estonian flag Estonian: kiirgus Farsi flag Farsi: تابش Finnish flag Finnish: säteily
French flag French: radiation Hebrew flag Hebrew: קְרִינָה Hindi flag Hindi: प्रकाश या अन्य किरणों का
Croatian flag Croatian: radijacija, isijavanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: sugárzás Indonesian flag Indonesian: radiasi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: geislun Italian flag Italian: radiazione Japanese flag Japanese: 放射
Korean flag Korean: 방사선 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: spinduliavimas, spinduliu Latvian flag Latvian: radiācija; starojums
Malay flag Malay: pancaran radiasi Dutch flag Dutch: uitstraling Norwegian flag Norwegian: utstråling, stråling
Polish flag Polish: promieniowanie Persian flag Persian: تابش Pashto flag Pashto: وړانګى اچونه، پړ كيدنه، ب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: radiação Romanian flag Romanian: radiaţie Russian flag Russian: излучение
Slovak flag Slovak: vyžarovanie Slovenian flag Slovenian: žarčenje Serbian flag Serbian: radijacija
Swedish flag Swedish: [ut]strålning Thai flag Thai: รังสี Turkish flag Turkish: radyasyon
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 輻射 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: випромінювання, радіація Urdu flag Urdu: درخشانی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự tỏa chiếu Chinese flag Chinese: 辐射

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