IRRADIATION
\ˌɪɹe͡ɪdɪˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɪɹeɪdɪˈeɪʃən], \ˌɪ_ɹ_eɪ_d_ɪ__ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of IRRADIATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance
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(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
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(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
By Princeton University
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(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance
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(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
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(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
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Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy.
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Fig.: Mental light or illumination.
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The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus.
By Oddity Software
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Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
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Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy.
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Fig.: Mental light or illumination.
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The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus.
By Noah Webster.
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Act of irradiating or emitting beams of light: that which is irradiated: brightness: intellectual light.
By Daniel Lyons
By Robley Dunglison
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A passing outward in lines that spread in all directions, as in the case of rays of light, or fractures of a stellate form, etc.
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In physiological optics, a series of phenomena in which a limited field, much more brightly illuminated than the background on which it is projected, appears much larger than it really is; and reciprocally a dark limited field, projected on a bright background, appears much smaller than it is in reality. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of emitting beams of light ; — illumination ; brightness ; — intellectual light ; mental enlightenment.
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The act of emitting beams of light; illumination, intellectual light
By Thomas Sheridan
