irradiation
Meaning of irradiation
- An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
- Illumination; irradiance; brilliance.
- Mental light or illumination.
- 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.
- A process of sterilisation whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilise the contents.
Information about irradiation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of irradiation is: irradiations.
- Languages in which irradiation is used:
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Hyphenation of irradiation
ir-ra-di-a-tion
- It consists of 5 syllables and 11 chars.
- irradiation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
irradiation synonyms
Meaning beam:
Meaning radiotherapy:
radiotherapy, radiation, actinotherapy
Translation of irradiation
- German: Bestrahlung, Ausstrahlung
- Spanish: irradiación
- French: irradiation, rayonnement
- Italian: irradiazione, irradiamento
- Portuguese: irradiação
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