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What does radiation mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word radiation? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
  2. The process of radiating waves or particles.
  3. The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
  4. Radioactive energy.
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Three nerves seem to be particularly prone to radiation injury that results in radiation neuritis.
The gases, especially carbon dioxide and methane, absorb the Earth's heat radiation and thus warm the surface, just as a blanket traps body heat.
As particles travel through an accelerator, they give off a form of radiation known as synchrotron radiation.
In this model the gamma rays are emitted as synchrotron radiation by electrons that are accelerated to much lower energies.
The radiation dosage was 5000 rads, similar to what has been used for other domestic species.
Molecules may change their rotational energy levels by absorbing energy from electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region of the spectrum.

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