Radiation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: radiationRadiator
That which radiates or emits rays whether of light or heat especially that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused as a steam radiator...
Radiately
In a radiate manner with radiation or divergence from a center...
Radiation
The act of radiating or the state of being radiated emission and diffusion of rays of light beamy brightness...
X-radiation
X-radiation, means electromagnetic radiation of short wavelengths produced when high-speed electron strike a solid target....
Infrared Radiation
electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter...
Radiated
Emitted or sent forth in rays or direct lines as radiated heat...
Radiate veined
Having the principal veins radiating or diverging from the apex of the petiole said of such leaves as those of the grapevine most maples and the castor oil plant...
Fluorescence
A luminescence emitted by certain substances due to the absorption of radiation at one wavelength and the almost instantaneous re emission of radiation at another usually longer wavelength The re radiation stops almost as soon as the incident radiation is halted thus distinguishing this phenomenon from phosphorescence in which re radiation of light may continue for some time after the incident radiation is halted...
radioactivity
a form of instability which is a property of the atomic nuclei of certain isotopes which causes a spontaneous change in the structure of the nucleus accompanied by emission of energetic radiation The radiation emitted is usually sufficient to cause ionization in matter through which it passes and is therefore called ionizing radiation The radiation emitted by most radioactive substances is one of three types alpha rays beta rays or gamma rays Some chemical elements have no stable isotopes and these are referred to as radioactive elements and the element itself is said to possess radioactivity...
dosimeter badge
a dosimeter cosisting of a radiation sensitive material such as film worn in a small package on a persons clothing to record the accumulated radiation exposure of the person over a period of time used to monitor the exposure of individuals such as workers in a nuclear power plant to ionizing radiation...
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