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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Radiation  \Ra`di*a"tion\,  n.  [L.  radiatio:  cf  F.  radiation.] 
  1.  The  act  of  radiating,  or  the  state  of  being  radiated; 
  emission  and  diffusion  of  rays  of  light;  beamy  brightness. 
 
  2.  The  shooting  forth  of  anything  from  a  point  or  surface, 
  like  the  diverging  rays  of  light;  as  the  radiation  of 
  heat. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  radiation 
  n  1:  the  physical  phenomenon  of  radiating  energy  in  the  form  of 
  waves  or  particles 
  2:  the  act  of  radiating 




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