irradiation

English

Etymology

From Middle French irradiacion, from Latin irradiatio Morphologically irradiate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌɹeɪdiˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

irradiation (countable and uncountable, plural irradiations)

2. An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
   2. (uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.
   4. Synonym of radiotherapy
3. (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance.
4. (obsolete, figurative) mental light or illumination.
5. (obsolete) The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, especially when a little out of focus.

Derived terms

• chemoirradiation
• irradiation sickness
• photoirradiation
• X-irradiation

Related terms

• nonirradiating (adj)
• unirradiated (adj)

 

Translations

an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated

• Arabic: تَشَعُّع m (tašaʕʕuʕ), تَشْعِيع m (tašʕīʕ)
• Azerbaijani: radiaktik şüalanma
• Catalan: irradiació f
• Estonian: kiiritus
• Finnish: säteilytys (fi)
• French: irradiation (fr) f
• German: Bestrahlung (de) f
• Greek: ακτινοβολία (el) f (aktinovolía)
• Hindi: किरणन m (kiraṇan)
• Indonesian: iradiasi (id)
• Italian: irradiazione (it) f
• Kazakh: сәулесоққы (säulesoqqy)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: bestråling n

• Polish: napromieniowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: irradiação (pt) f
• Russian: облуче́ние (ru) n (oblučénije) (exposure to radiation), излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Slovene: iradiacija m
• Swedish: bestrålning c

obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance

• Italian: irradiazione (it) f
• Russian: лучеза́рность (ru) f (lučezárnostʹ), блеск (ru) m (blesk), лучи́стость (ru) f (lučístostʹ), сия́ние (ru) n (sijánije), освеще́ние (ru) n (osveščénije)

obsolete, figurative: mental light or illumination

• Greek: έκλαμψη (el) f (éklampsi)
• Italian: illuminazione (it) f

obsolete: the apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground

a process of sterilisation

• German: Bestrahlung (de) f
• Greek: αποστείρωση (el) f (aposteírosi)
• Italian: sterilizzazione (it) f

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin irradiatio. By surface analysis, irradier +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁa.dja.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

irradiation f (plural irradiations)

1. irradiation

Further reading

• “irradiation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

irradiation (plural irradiationes)

1. irradiation