The smaller the body, the more likely the person will suffer from the ill effects of radiation.
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Radiation
/ˌɹæɪ.diˈæɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "radiation" (141 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Noun(4 words)
actinic rayactinismactivityarc lightingasteroidasteroidsatomic beamatomic rayattenuationaurora particlesbeambeam of lightbendsblack and whiteblackoutbroadcastbroadcastingchiaroscurocircumfusioncontrast
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Strong matches (42)
diffusiondilutiondirect lightingdispensationdispersaldispersiondisseminationdissipationdistributiondivergenceelectric lightingemanationemissionenlightenmentevaporationexpansionfalloutfestoon lightingfloodlightingfluorescent lighting
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fragmentationgamma raygaslightinggleamglow lightinghalf lifehighlighthighlightsilluminationincandescent lightingindirect lightinginfrared rayintergalactic matter
Verb(1 words)
emit noise
Related words (70)
invisible radiationirradianceirradiancyirradiationleamlightlight and shadelight sourcelightingluminous energymeteormeteor dust impactsmeteorsoverhead lightingpatchpencilpepperingphotonphotosensitivitypropagation
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publicationradianceradiancyradiant energyradioraysradiusrayray of lightribbonribbon of lightsaturation pointscatteringscattermentsheddingshotgun patternsidelightsolar rayssowingspace bulletsspatteringsplayspokespot lightingspreadspreadingsprinklingstage lightingstreakstreamstream of lightstreamerstrewingstrip lightingsunthe bendstonalityultraviolet rayviolet rayvisible radiationvolatilizationweightlessnessx ray
Noun(7 words)
mode of heat transferradiant energyradiation sicknessradiation syndromeradiation therapyradioactivityradiotherapy
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
More specific
7 entriesalpha particlesgamma irradiationgamma raysinfrared radiationradiation therapysolar irradiationvisible light
Collocations
6 entriesionizing radiationnuclear radiationradiation doseradiation levelsolar radiationultraviolet radiation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
7 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 31 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rrezatim noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Arabic
1 entries- إِشْعَاع noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Armenian
1 entries- ճառագայթում noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Belarusian
1 entries- выпрамяне́нне noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Catalan
1 entries- radiació noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 放射 noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- 輻射 /辐射 noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Dutch
1 entries- straling noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Finnish
1 entries- säteily noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
French
1 entries- radiation noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Georgian
2 entries- გამოსხივება noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- სხივთფენა noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
German
1 entries- Strahlung noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Hungarian
3 entries- kisugárzás noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- radiáció noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- sugárzás noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Indonesian
1 entries- radiasi noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Italian
1 entries- radiazione noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Japanese
2 entries- 放射 noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- 輻射 noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Korean
2 entries- 방사 noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- 폭사 noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Malay
1 entries- sinaran noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Māori
3 entries- hihinga noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- tūhekenga noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- whitinga noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utstråling noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Persian
1 entries- تابش noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Polish
1 entries- promieniowanie noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Portuguese
2 entries- irradiação noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- radiação noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Romanian
1 entries- radiație noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Russian
1 entries- излуче́ние noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- radijácija noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- zráčēnje noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- зра́че̄ње noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- радија́ција noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Slovene
2 entries- sévanje noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- žárčenje noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Spanish
1 entries- radiación noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Swedish
2 entries- strålning noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- utstrålning noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Tagalog
2 entries- ninag noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- radyasyon noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Ukrainian
2 entries- випромі́нення noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- випромі́нювання noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bức xạ noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
- phóng xạ noun (shooting forth of anything from a point or surface)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
After being exposed to a large amount of radiation, vomiting and diarrhea will start quickly.
Source: tatoeba (326621)
It's evident that human behaviour is more dangerous for the environment than radiation.
Source: tatoeba (463495)
In this paper they made the remarkable prediction that radiation (in the form of photons) from the very hot stages of the universe should still be around today.
Source: tatoeba (611894)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.