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Princeton's WordNet

  1. radnoun

    a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material

  2. radian, radnoun

    the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)

GCIDE

  1. Radnoun

    A unit of measurement of the amount of ionizing radiation absorbed by an object, equal to an energy of 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material (equal to 0.01 gray).

Wiktionary

  1. radnoun

    A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.

  2. radadjective

    excellent, short for radical

  3. Etymology: See ridan.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Rad

    Rad, red and rod, differing only in dialect, signify counsel; as Conrad, powerful or skilful in counsel; Ethelred, a noble counsellor; Rodbert, eminent for counsel: Eubulus and Thrasybulus have almost the same sense. Gibson.

  2. Radthe old pret. of read.

    Edmund Spenser.

ChatGPT

  1. rad

    The term "rad" has different meanings depending on the context: 1. In the context of measurement of radiation, "rad" is an acronym for Radiation Absorbed Dose, a unit of measurement for the energy absorbed from ionizing radiation. 2. In mathematics, "rad" is short for radian, a unit of angular measure where the length of the radius is equivalent to one radian. 3. In colloquial or slang language, "rad" is an abbreviation for "radical" and is used to describe something as really impressive or cool. Therefore, the general definition could vary depending on its usage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rad

    imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede

  2. Etymology: [radiation absorbed dose.]

Wikidata

  1. Rad

    Rad is the name of two fictional characters in the Transformers universes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rad

    rad (Spens.), pa.t. of read and ride.

  2. Rad

    rad, adj. (Scot.) afraid.

  3. Rad

    rad, n. short for radical.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RAD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rad is ranked #28023 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rad surname appeared 855 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rad.

    71.4% or 611 total occurrences were White.
    12.2% or 105 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    8.8% or 76 total occurrences were Asian.
    5.8% or 50 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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  1. ADR

  2. ard

  3. ARD

  4. DAR

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rad in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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