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radiation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɹæ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/ some Ghanaian speakers
/ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, UK, US)
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/ˌɹæɪ.diˈæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationis. By surface analysis, radiate + -ion.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
- The radiation of love from the crowd was addictive to the young singer-songwriters.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, often, uncountable) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light. ▸ Ellipsis of electromagnetic radiation.
alt of electromagnetic radiation
- heat radiation
(countable, uncountable) The process of radiating waves or particles.
(countable, uncountable) The transfer of energy via radiation.
(countable, uncountable) Radioactive energy.
- It's Christmas at ground zero / And if the radiation level's OK / I'll go out with you / To see all the new / Mutations on New Year's Day 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!:
(countable, qualifier:evolutionary theory) A rapid diversification of an ancestral species into many new forms.
- The second [canid group] is the radiation of dogs in South America that began when the first canids arrived about 3 Ma, after crossing the Panama land bridge (Fig. 5.4). 2016, Donald R. Prothero, The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals, page 136:
- So the question is: have plants and animals retained over this huge amount of time—whole radiations of mammals have come and gone in this period—have they retained these potentially costly characteristics? 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 8, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:

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Translations (205)

sq rrezatim (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · hy ճառագայթում (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · cmn 輻射 /辐射 (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · ka სხივთფენა (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · bg излъ́чване (process of radiating waves or particles) · nb stråling (radioactive energy) · ro radiație (radioactive energy) · hu sugárzás (radioactive energy) · mi whitinga (process of radiating waves or particles) · uz nurlanish (radioactive energy) · be выпрамяне́нне (process of radiating waves or particles) · nb stråling (transfer of energy via radiation) · fr radiation (radioactive energy) · sh зра́че̄ње (transfer of energy via radiation) · it irraggiamento (transfer of energy via radiation) · kmr tîrojdan (process of radiating waves or particles) · ja 放射 (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · ka გამოსხივება (radioactive energy) · fa تابش (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · pt radiação (process of radiating waves or particles) · cmn 輻射 /辐射 (process of radiating waves or particles) · sh зра́че̄ње (process of radiating waves or particles) · sv strålning (radioactive energy) · ko 방사 (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sh радија́ција (transfer of energy via radiation) · ka გამოსხივება (process of radiating waves or particles) · sv utstrålning (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · uk випромі́нювання (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sh zráčēnje (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · hu sugárzás (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sl žárčenje (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · tl radyasyon (process of radiating waves or particles) · tl radyasyon (radioactive energy) · sh зра́че̄ње (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · tl radyasyon (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · ms sinaran (radioactive energy) · cmn 放射 (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · lt spinduliavimas (radioactive energy) · fr radiation (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · ar إِشْعَاع (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · vi bức xạ (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · de Auffächerung (diversification of an ancestral species) · uk радіа́ція (radioactive energy) · az radiasiya (radioactive energy) · az şüalanma (radioactive energy) · es radiación (radioactive energy) · mi parawhiti (radioactive energy) · cmn 輻射 /辐射 (radioactive energy) · gd rèididheachd (radioactive energy) · hu sugárzás (process of radiating waves or particles) · sl žárčenje (radioactive energy) · et kiirgus (radioactive energy) · mi whitinga (transfer of energy via radiation) · tk radiasiýa (radioactive energy) · tl dagalat (transfer of energy via radiation) · lt radiacija (radioactive energy) · ca radiació (transfer of energy via radiation) · es radiación (process of radiating waves or particles) · da stråling (radioactive energy) · sq rrezatim (process of radiating waves or particles) · hy ճառագայթում (process of radiating waves or particles) · pl radiacja (radioactive energy) · ru излуче́ние (transfer of energy via radiation) · fa پرتو (radioactive energy) · hi विकिरण (radioactive energy) · ca radiació (process of radiating waves or particles) · sq rrezatim radioaktiv (radioactive energy) · be выпрамяне́нне (transfer of energy via radiation) · sl sévanje (transfer of energy via radiation) · sh зра́че̄ње (radioactive energy) · kk радиация (radioactive energy) · hu radiáció (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · tl radyasyon (transfer of energy via radiation) · fi lajien levittäytyminen (diversification of an ancestral species) · ar إِشْعَاع (radioactive energy) · uk випромі́нювання (radioactive energy) · id radiasi (radioactive energy) · tl dagilap (radioactive energy) · uk випромі́нення (process of radiating waves or particles) · vi phóng xạ (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · ko 방사 (radioactive energy) · ca radiació (radioactive energy) · nl straling (radioactive energy) · bg радиа́ция (radioactive energy) · sk radiácia (radioactive energy) · mk радијација (radioactive energy) · uk випромі́нювання (transfer of energy via radiation) · kk шығару (radioactive energy) · lo ລັງສີ (radioactive energy) · be радыя́цыя (radioactive energy) · tr radyasyon (radioactive energy) · ky радиация (radioactive energy) · cs sálání (transfer of energy via radiation) · eo radiado (radioactive energy) · es radiación (transfer of energy via radiation) · sh zráčēnje (radioactive energy) · ka რადიაცია (radioactive energy) · uk випромі́нювання (process of radiating waves or particles) · cs záření (radioactive energy) · sl žárčenje (transfer of energy via radiation) · de Radiation (radioactive energy) · fr rayonnement (radioactive energy) · sh radijácija (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · it radiazione (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sl sévanje (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sq rrezatim (radioactive energy) · pl promieniowanie (transfer of energy via radiation) · pt radiação (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · de Strahlung (radioactive energy) · id radiasi (process of radiating waves or particles) · fi säteilytys (process of radiating waves or particles) · ru излуче́ние (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sl sévanje (process of radiating waves or particles) · cmn 適應輻射 /适应辐射 (diversification of an ancestral species) · ro radiație (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · kk сәулелендіру (process of radiating waves or particles) · uk випромі́нення (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · et radiatsioon (radioactive energy) · mk зрачење (radioactive energy) · fi säteilyttäminen (process of radiating waves or particles) · fi säteily (radioactive energy) · fi säteily (transfer of energy via radiation) · tg афканишот (radioactive energy) · sl radiacija (radioactive energy) · sw mnururisho (radioactive energy) · pt irradiação (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · it radiazione (process of radiating waves or particles) · tl ninag (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sh радија́ција (radioactive energy) · ja 放射 (radioactive energy) · lt spinduliuotė (radioactive energy) · vi phóng xạ (radioactive energy) · sk žiarenie (radioactive energy) · km រស្មី (radioactive energy) · hu kisugárzás (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · ru излуче́ние (process of radiating waves or particles) · ru излуче́ние (radioactive energy) · mi tūhekenga (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · be выпрамяне́нне (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · ka გამოსხივება (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · hy ճառագայթում (transfer of energy via radiation) · nb stråling (process of radiating waves or particles) · ka რადიაცია (process of radiating waves or particles) · ka რადიაცია (transfer of energy via radiation) · sh радија́ција (process of radiating waves or particles) · uk випромі́нення (transfer of energy via radiation) · es radiación (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · tr ışınım (process of radiating waves or particles) · ja 輻射 (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sh zráčēnje (process of radiating waves or particles) · ca radiació (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sl sévanje (radioactive energy) · ta கதிர்வீச்சு (radioactive energy) · nl straling (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · cs záření (process of radiating waves or particles) · it radiazione (radioactive energy) · pl promieniowanie (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · de Radiation (diversification of an ancestral species) · nb utstråling (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · lv radiācija (radioactive energy) · ka გამოსხივება (transfer of energy via radiation) · mi hihinga (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · fi säteily (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · pl promieniowanie (radioactive energy) · cmn 輻射演化 /辐射演化 (diversification of an ancestral species) · sl žárčenje (process of radiating waves or particles) · uk випромі́нення (radioactive energy) · hy ճառագայթում (radioactive energy) · sv strålning (transfer of energy via radiation) · ru радиа́ция (radioactive energy) · mi iraruke (radioactive energy) · nl straling (process of radiating waves or particles) · tg радиатсия (radioactive energy) · bg лъче́ние (radioactive energy) · de Strahlung (process of radiating waves or particles) · sh zráčēnje (transfer of energy via radiation) · sh radijácija (process of radiating waves or particles) · be выпрамяне́нне (radioactive energy) · sv strålning (process of radiating waves or particles) · id radiasi (transfer of energy via radiation) · sh радија́ција (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · uz radiatsiya (radioactive energy) · pl promieniowanie (process of radiating waves or particles) · mi whitinga (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · da varmestråling (transfer of energy via radiation) · ms sinaran (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · sh radijácija (radioactive energy) · bg радиа́ция (process of radiating waves or particles) · cmn 放射性能量 (radioactive energy) · lv starojums (radioactive energy) · tl dagalat (process of radiating waves or particles) · he קְרִינָה (radioactive energy) · de Strahlung (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · id radiasi (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · bg излъ́чване (transfer of energy via radiation) · sh radijácija (transfer of energy via radiation) · ko 폭사 (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface) · cmn 放射 (radioactive energy) · th รังสี (radioactive energy) · el ακτινοβολία (radioactive energy) · tg партав (radioactive energy) · pt radiação (radioactive energy) · cmn 輻射 /辐射 (transfer of energy via radiation) · cs radiace (radioactive energy) · sv strålning (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)

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radiation en · NOUN

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