radiation

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/
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(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɹæɪ.diˈæɪ.ʃən/
(some Ghanaian speakers) IPA^(key): /ɹæ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

radiation (countable and uncountable, plural radiations)

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.
2. (often) Ellipsis of electromagnetic radiation.
  Synonym: EMR
  
  Hyponyms: alpha radiation, beta radiation, gamma radiation, X-radiation
  
  heat radiation
The process of radiating waves or particles.
The transfer of energy via radiation.
Coordinate terms: convection, conduction
Radioactive energy.
- 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!‎^[1]:
  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
(evolutionary theory, countable) A rapid diversification of an ancestral species into many new forms.
- 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 8, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:
  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?
- 2016, Donald R. Prothero, The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals, page 136:
  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).

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shooting forth of anything from a point or surface

Albanian: rrezatim (sq) m
Arabic: إِشْعَاع m (ʔišʕāʕ)
Armenian: ճառագայթում (hy) (čaṙagaytʻum)
Belarusian: выпрамяне́нне n (vypramjanjénnje)
Catalan: radiació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè), 輻射 / 辐射 (zh) (fúshè)
Dutch: straling (nl) f
Finnish: säteily (fi)
French: radiation (fr) f
Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba), სხივთფენა (sxivtpena)
German: Strahlung (de) f
Hungarian: radiáció (hu), sugárzás (hu), kisugárzás (hu)
Indonesian: radiasi (id)
Italian: radiazione (it) f
Japanese: 放射 (ja) (ほうしゃ, hōsha), 輻射 (ja) (ふくしゃ, fukusha)
Korean: 방사(放射) (ko) (bangsa), 폭사(輻射) (ko) (poksa)
Malay: sinaran (ms)
Maori: whitinga, tūhekenga (Such as evolution from a common source), hihinga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utstråling m or f
Persian: تابش (fa) (tâbeš)
Polish: promieniowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: irradiação (pt) f, radiação (pt) f
Romanian: radiație (ro) f
Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радија́ција f, зра́че̄ње n

Roman: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
Spanish: radiación (es) f
Swedish: strålning (sv) c, utstrålning (sv) c
Tagalog: ninag, radyasyon
Ukrainian: випромі́нювання n (vypromínjuvannja), випромі́нення n (vypromínennja)
Vietnamese: phóng xạ (vi) (放射), bức xạ (vi) (輻射)

process of radiating waves or particles

Albanian: rrezatim (sq) m
Armenian: ճառագայթում (hy) (čaṙagaytʻum)
Belarusian: выпрамяне́нне n (vypramjanjénnje)
Bulgarian: излъ́чване (bg) n (izlǎ́čvane), радиа́ция (bg) f (radiácija)
Catalan: radiació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: záření (cs) n
Dutch: straling (nl) f
Finnish: säteilytys (fi), säteilyttäminen (fi)
Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba), რადიაცია (radiacia)
German: Strahlung (de) f
Hungarian: sugárzás (hu)
Indonesian: radiasi (id)
Italian: radiazione (it) f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: сәулелендіру (säulelendıru)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tîrojdan (ku)
Maori: whitinga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stråling (no) m or f
Polish: promieniowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: radiação (pt) f
Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радија́ција f, зра́че̄ње n

Roman: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
Spanish: radiación (es) f
Swedish: strålning (sv) c
Tagalog: radyasyon, dagalat (neologism)
Turkish: ışınım (tr)
Ukrainian: випромі́нювання n (vypromínjuvannja), випромі́нення n (vypromínennja)

transfer of energy via radiation

Armenian: ճառագայթում (hy) (čaṙagaytʻum)
Belarusian: выпрамяне́нне n (vypramjanjénnje)
Bulgarian: излъ́чване (bg) n (izlǎ́čvane)
Catalan: radiació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: sálání n
Danish: varmestråling c
Finnish: säteily (fi)
Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba), რადიაცია (radiacia)
Indonesian: radiasi (id)
Italian: irraggiamento (it) m
Maori: whitinga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stråling (no) m or f
Polish: promieniowanie (pl) n
Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радија́ција f, зра́че̄ње n

Roman: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
Spanish: radiación (es) f
Swedish: strålning (sv) c
Tagalog: radyasyon, dagalat (neologism)
Ukrainian: випромі́нювання n (vypromínjuvannja), випромі́нення n (vypromínennja)

radioactive energy

Albanian: rrezatim (sq) m, rrezatim radioaktiv m
Arabic: إِشْعَاع m (ʔišʕāʕ)
Armenian: ճառագայթում (hy) (čaṙagaytʻum)
Azerbaijani: şüalanma, radiasiya
Belarusian: радыя́цыя f (radyjácyja), выпрамяне́нне n (vypramjanjénnje)
Bulgarian: радиа́ция (bg) f (radiácija), лъче́ние (bg) n (lǎčénie)
Catalan: radiació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè), 輻射 / 辐射 (zh) (fúshè)
Czech: záření (cs) n, radiace (cs) f
Danish: stråling c
Dutch: straling (nl) f
Esperanto: radiado
Estonian: kiirgus, radiatsioon
Finnish: säteily (fi)
French: radiation (fr) f, rayonnement (fr) m
Georgian: რადიაცია (radiacia), გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba)
German: Strahlung (de) f, Radiation (de) f
Greek: ακτινοβολία (el) f (aktinovolía)
Hebrew: קְרִינָה (he) f
Hindi: विकिरण (hi) m (vikiraṇ)
Hungarian: sugárzás (hu)
Indonesian: radiasi (id)
Italian: radiazione (it) f
Japanese: 放射 (ja) (ほうしゃ, hōsha)
Kazakh: радиация (radiasiä), шығару (şyğaru)
Khmer: រស្មី (km) (rĕəʼsməy)
Korean: 방사(放射) (ko) (bangsa)
Kyrgyz: радиация (radiatsiya)
Lao: ລັງສີ (lo) (lang sī)
Latvian: starojums m, radiācija (lv) f
Lithuanian: spinduliuotė f, radiacija f, spinduliavimas m
Macedonian: радијација f (radijacija), зрачење n (zračenje)
Malay: sinaran (ms)
Maori: parawhiti, iraruke
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stråling (no) m or f
Persian: پرتو (fa) (partow)
Polish: promieniowanie (pl) n, radiacja (pl) f
Portuguese: radiação (pt) f
Romanian: radiație (ro) f
Russian: радиа́ция (ru) f (radiácija), излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
Scottish Gaelic: rèididheachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радија́ција f, зра́че̄ње n

Roman: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
Slovak: žiarenie n, radiácia f
Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n, radiacija f
Spanish: radiación (es) f
Swahili: mnururisho (sw)
Swedish: strålning (sv) c
Tagalog: radyasyon, dagilap (neologism)
Tajik: радиатсия (radiatsiya), афканишот (afkanišot), партав (partav)
Tamil: கதிர்வீச்சு (ta) (katirvīccu)
Thai: รังสี (th) (rang-sǐi)
Turkish: radyasyon (tr)
Turkmen: radiasiýa
Ukrainian: радіа́ція f (radiácija), випромі́нювання n (vypromínjuvannja), випромі́нення n (vypromínennja)
Uzbek: radiatsiya (uz), nurlanish
Vietnamese: phóng xạ (vi) (放射)

diversification of an ancestral species

German: Radiation (de) f, Auffächerung f

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