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Synonyms for radiation
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Princeton's WordNet3.5 / 4 votes

  1. radiationnoun

    energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles

    Synonyms:
    radiation sickness, radioactivity, actinotherapy, irradiation, radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation syndrome

  2. radiationnoun

    the act of spreading outward from a central source

    Synonyms:
    radiation sickness, radioactivity, actinotherapy, irradiation, radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation syndrome

  3. radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiationnoun

    syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours

    "he was suffering from radiation"

    Synonyms:
    radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radiation therapy, actinotherapy, radiotherapy, radioactivity, irradiation

  4. radiation, radioactivitynoun

    the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay

    Synonyms:
    radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, radioactivity, radiation therapy, actinotherapy, radiotherapy, irradiation

  5. radiationnoun

    the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats

    Synonyms:
    radiation sickness, radioactivity, actinotherapy, irradiation, radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation syndrome

  6. radiationnoun

    a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain

    Synonyms:
    radiation sickness, radioactivity, actinotherapy, irradiation, radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation syndrome

  7. radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiationnoun

    (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

    Synonyms:
    radiation sickness, radiation syndrome, beam of light, light beam, shaft, ray of light, beam, ray, radiation therapy, actinotherapy, radiotherapy, radioactivity, irradiation, shaft of light

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. radiationnoun

    Synonyms:
    irradiance, irradiation, emission of rays

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. radiationnoun

    Synonyms:
    irradiance, irradiation, divergence

    Antonyms:
    convergence

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. radiation

    Synonyms:
    Illustration The symbol is the internationally sanctioned indicator for the presence of radioactivity; well-known effects of radiation include changes in cells, especially those with rapid turnover-e.g., colon, haematopoietic tissues

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How to use radiation in a sentence?

  1. Robert Herjavec:

    When you go through chemotherapy, you get highly fatigued, and it changes your mood and depression, you hold [ the Litebook ] to the side of your head, and it gives you radiation and light, and it helps with fatigue, and there’s actually a commercial application of it for jet lag.

  2. Henri Robert:

    During the summer months, we don’t need to use heating inside the station, because all the radiation from the sun, and our own presence inside the station, is enough to maintain an internal temperature of 20-21°C (68-69.8°F).

  3. Ole Scheeren partner Eric Chang:

    We looked at a lot of mainly passive designs strategies, we looked at quantifiable analysis on daylight control, solar radiation, wind movements, heat gains, solar exposure, which courtyards would get the most heat gain, and the planning of activities were organized around these factors.

  4. Britney Schmidt:

    The reason we chose Europa Clipper is because the clipper ships were fast, American boats at the time that they were first used, when most shipping was achieved with large, slow vessels, we liked clipper for that reason, an ingenious way to solve the Europa mission problem : How do you get a long-lived mission at Europa with global coverage but not be in the radiation environment ?

  5. Jon Wolfsthal:

    If it's done well, there is no risk of radiation being released. But the question is, are these tunnels being sealed in a way that they couldn't again be used?


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