radiation

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin radiatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /%reIdi"eIS@n/
• (US) IPA: /ɹaɪ.diˈaɪ.ʃən/

Noun

radiation (plural radiations)

1. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.
2. The process of radiating waves or particles.
3. The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction)
4. Radioactive energy

Derived terms

• background radiation
• electromagnetic radiation
• ionizing radiation

Translations

shooting forth of anything from a point or surface

Arabic: إشعاع (ar) ('ish3aa3) m. Catalan: radiació (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè), 輻射 (zh), 辐射 (zh) (fúshè) Croatian: radijácija (hr) f., zráčēnje (hr) n. French: radiation (fr) f. German: Strahlung (de) f.

Japanese: 放射 (ja) (ほうしゃ, hōsha), 輻射 (ja) (ふくしゃ, fukusha) Korean: 방사 (ko) (bangsa) (放射 (ko)), 폭사 (ko) (poksa) (輻射 (ko)) Norwegian: utstråling (no) c. Russian: излучение (ru) (izlučénije) n. Swedish: strålning (sv) c., utstrålning (sv) c. Vietnamese: phóng xạ (vi) (放射 (vi)), bức xạ (vi) (輻射 (vi))

process of radiating waves or particles

Catalan: radiació (ca) f. Croatian: radijácija (hr) f., zráčēnje (hr) n. Dutch: straling (nl) f. Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Norwegian: stråling (no) c. Russian: излучение (ru) (izlučénije) n. Swedish: strålning (sv) c.

transfer of energy via radiation

Catalan: radiació (ca) f. Croatian: radijácija (hr) f., zráčēnje (hr) n. Norwegian: stråling (no) c.

Russian: излучение (ru) (izlučénije) n. Swedish: strålning (sv) c.

radioactive energy

Catalan: radiació (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè) Croatian: radijácija (hr) f. French: radiation (fr) f. German: Strahlung (de) f., Radiation (de) f. Japanese: 放射 (ja) (ほうしゃ, hōsha)

Korean: 방사 (ko) (bangsa) (放射 (ko)) Norwegian: stråling (no) c. Russian: радиация (ru) (radiácija) f., излучение (ru) (izlučénije) n. Swedish: strålning (sv) c. Turkish: radyasyon (tr) Vietnamese: phóng xạ (vi) (放射 (vi))

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Czech: záření n. Danish: stråling (da) Estonian: kiiritus (et) Finnish: säteily (1, 3), säteilytys (2) French: radiation f. German: Strahlung f. Hungarian: sugárzás Italian: radiazione f., irraggiamento m.

Slovene: sevanje Turkish: Radyasyon Welsh: pelydriad (1,2,3), ymbelydredd (4)

Anagrams

• antiradio

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French

Etymology

Latin radiatio

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁa.dja.sjɔ̃/

Noun

radiation f. (plural radiations)

1. radiation (all meaning)