RADIATION
\ɹˌe͡ɪdɪˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹˌeɪdɪˈeɪʃən], \ɹ_ˌeɪ_d_ɪ__ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of RADIATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance
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the act of spreading outward from a central source
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a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain
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the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats
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energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
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the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
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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the act of spreading outward from a central source
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a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain
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the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats
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energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
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the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.
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The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.
By Oddity Software
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The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.
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The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The coming forth and spreading, as of rays, in all directions from a common center; as, the radiation of light or heat from a shining or heated body.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The act or condition of diverging in all directions from a center. 2. The sending forth of light or any other rays. 3. A cerebral tract or diverging bundle of white fibers in the brain, see radiatio. 4. A ray.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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The emission and diffusion of rays of light or heat from a luminous or heated body; the diverging or shooting forth from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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