radiation
The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
Example
“The radiation of love from the crowd was addictive to the young singer-songwriters.”
Other meanings
The process of radiating waves or particles.
The transfer of energy via radiation.
Related words
- antiradiation
- bioradiation
- chemoradiation
- eradiation
- postradiation
- preradiation
- radiational
- radiationist
- radiationless
- radiationlike
- radiationproof
- reradiation
Word history
From Latin "radiatio" (radiatio, radiationis).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “radiation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.