Radiation Definition

rādē-āshən
noun
The act or process of radiating; specif., the process in which energy in the form of rays of light, heat, etc. is sent out through space from atoms and molecules as they undergo internal change.
Webster's New World
Emission or propagation of energy in the form of waves or particles.
American Heritage Medicine
Energy radiated or transmitted in the form of waves or particles.
American Heritage Medicine
The rays sent out; radiant energy.
Webster's New World
Energy emitted as electromagnetic waves, as gamma or X-rays, or as energetic nuclear particles, as neutrons, alpha and beta particles, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Radiation

Noun

Singular:
radiation
Plural:
radiations

Origin of Radiation

  • From Latin radiatio.

    From Wiktionary

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