Radiation — meaning in English

English meaning

• radiation noun The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.

Senses

Radiation is used for these senses in English:

• radiation Radioactive energy.
• radiation (evolutionary theory, countable) A rapid diversification of an ancestral species into many new forms.

radiation — full definition

1. noun The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
2. noun Ellipsis of electromagnetic radiation.
3. noun The process of radiating waves or particles.
4. noun The transfer of energy via radiation.

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