Etymology
Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationis. By surface analysis, radiate + -ion.
Noun
radiation (countable and uncountable, plural radiations)
- The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
- heat radiation
- The process of radiating waves or particles.
- The transfer of energy via radiation.
- Radioactive energy.
- (evolutionary theory, countable) A rapid diversification of an ancestral species into many new forms.
Derived terms
- acute radiation syndrome
- adaptive radiation
- alpha radiation
- beta radiation
- Cerenkov radiation
- cosmic radiation
- electromagnetic radiation
- gamma radiation
- gravitational radiation
- Hawking radiation
- infrared radiation
- microwave radiation
- neutron radiation
- nuclear radiation
- radiation belt
- radiation biology
- radiation chemistry
- radiation damage
- radiation physics
- radiation poisoning
- radiation pyrometer
- radiation sickness
- radiation therapy
- solar radiation
- thermal radiation
- ultraviolet radiation
- X-radiation
- X-ray radiation
Related terms
- radiate
- radiative
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