different between irradiation vs illuminating

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

English

Etymology

illuminate +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l(j)u?m?ne?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?lum?ne?t??/, /?-/, /-???/
• Hyphenation: il?lu?mi?nat?ing

Adjective

illuminating (comparative more illuminating, superlative most illuminating)

1. Providing illumination or light.
2. (figuratively) Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing.

Synonyms

• clarifying
• explanatory
• revelatory

Verb

illuminating

1. present participle of illuminate.