Definitions for radiation

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radiation ra·di·a·tion

Spelling: [rey-dee-ey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌreɪ diˈeɪ ʃən/

Radiation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 342 anagrams from letters in radiation (aadiinort).

Definitions for radiation

noun

1. Physics. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body. the energy transferred by these processes.
2. the act or process of radiating.
3. something that is radiated.
4. radial arrangement of parts.

Origin of radiation

1545-55; Latin radiātiōn- (stem of radiātiō) a glittering, shining. See radiate, -ion

Examples for radiation

Those Chinese reports also talked about radiation deaths in Chicago.

The radiation of a star is different for different wave-lengths (λ).

The apparent attributes of the stars are studied by the aid of their radiation.

There is also a significant amount of radiation characteristic of uranexite.

Perhaps the tape was fuzzy or it may have been fogged in transit by radiation.

The 4M craft also includes a radiation dosimeter built by the Spanish company iC-Málaga.

"Here's the source of radiation, sir," a searchman reported.

She said that whenever she came into the room, she had felt the radiation of a vast and unseen force.

He was very familiar with the reality of what could happen: Tokyo could be covered with a really high dosage of radiation.

Everything serene, snow piling on trees, over lawns, on houses, before we realize that all the snow is poisoned with radiation.