different between contamination vs irradiation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?tæm??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

contamination (countable and uncountable, plural contaminations)

1. The act or process of contaminating

   Synonyms: pollution, defilement, taint

2. Something which contaminates.
3. (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
4. (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
5. The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin cont?min?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ta.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

contamination f (plural contaminations)

1. contamination (act or process of contaminating)

Related terms

• contaminer

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French irradiacion, from Latin irradiatioMorphologically irradiate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

irradiation (countable and uncountable, plural irradiations)

1. An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
2. (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance.
3. (obsolete, figuratively) mental light or illumination.
4. (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.
5. (uncountable) a process of sterilisation whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilise the contents.

Derived terms

• photoirradiation

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

irradiation f (plural irradiations)

1. irradiation

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

irradiation (plural irradiationes)

1. irradiation