radiation

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin radiatio.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹeɪ.di.ˈeɪ.ʃən/
• (some US dialects) IPA^(key): /ɹaɪ.di.ˈaɪ.ʃən/

NounEdit

radiation (countable and uncountable, plural radiations)

1. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.

   heat radiation

2. The process of radiating waves or particles.
3. The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
4. Radioactive energy.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from radiation

• background radiation
• electromagnetic radiation

• ionizing radiation
• radiation belt

• Van Allen radiation belt

TranslationsEdit

shooting forth of anything from a point or surface

• Arabic: إِشْعَاع‎ m (ʾišʿāʿ)
• Catalan: radiació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè), 輻射 (zh), 辐射 (zh) (fúshè)

• French: radiation (fr) f
• Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba), სხივთფენა (sxivtpena)
• German: Strahlung (de) f
• Hungarian: radiáció, sugárzás (hu), kisugárzás (hu)
• Japanese: 放射 (ja) (ほうしゃ, hōsha), 輻射 (ふくしゃ, fukusha)
• Korean: 방사 (ko) (bangsa) (放射 (ko)), 폭사 (ko) (poksa) (輻射 (ko))

• Maori: whitinga
• Norwegian: utstråling c
• Persian: تابش‎ (tâbes)
• Portuguese: irradiação (pt) f, radiação (pt) f
• Romanian: radiație (ro) f
• Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
• Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
• Swedish: strålning (sv) c, utstrålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: ninag
• Vietnamese: phóng xạ (vi) (放射), bức xạ (輻射)

process of radiating waves or particles

• Catalan: radiació f
• Czech: záření (cs) n
• Dutch: straling (nl) f
• Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba), რადიაცია (radiacia)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: whitinga
• Norwegian: stråling (no) c

• Portuguese: radiação (pt) f
• Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
• Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
• Swedish: strålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagalat

transfer of energy via radiation

• Catalan: radiació f
• Czech: sálání n
• Danish: varmestråling c
• Maori: whitinga
• Norwegian: stråling (no) c

• Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
• Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
• Swedish: strålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagalat

radioactive energy

• Catalan: radiació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè)

• Czech: záření (cs) n, radiace
• French: radiation (fr) f, rayonnement (fr)
• Georgian: რადიაცია (radiacia), გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba)
• German: Strahlung (de) f, Radiation (de) f
• Italian: radiazione (it)
• Japanese: 放射 (ja) (ほうしゃ, hōsha)
• Korean: 방사 (ko) (bangsa) (放射 (ko))
• Maori: parawhiti

• Norwegian: stråling (no) c
• Portuguese: radiação (pt) f
• Russian: радиа́ция (ru) f (radiácija), излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: rèididheachd f
• Serbo-Croatian: radijácija (sh) f
• Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
• Swedish: strålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagilap
• Turkish: radyasyon (tr)
• Vietnamese: phóng xạ (vi) (放射)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Danish: stråling
• Estonian: kiiritus
• Finnish: säteily (1, 3), säteilytys (2)
• French: radiation f
• German: Strahlung (de) f

• Irish: scaipeadh m, radaíocht f
• Italian: radiazione (it) f, irraggiamento (it) m
• Turkish: Radyasyon
• Welsh: pelydriad (1,2,3), ymbelydredd (4)

AnagramsEdit

• antiradio

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin radiatio

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.dja.sjɔ̃/

NounEdit

radiation f (plural radiations)

1. radiation (all meaning)

Further readingEdit

• “radiation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).