different between radiation vs luminosity
radiation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationis.Morphologically radiate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?.di.?e?.??n/
- (some US dialects) IPA(key): /?a?.di.?a?.??n/
Noun
radiation (countable and uncountable, plural radiations)
- The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
- heat radiation
- 2016, Donald R. Prothero, The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals (page 136)
- The second [canid group] is the radiation of dogs in South America that began when the first canids arrived about 3 Ma, after crossing the Panama land bridge (Fig. 5.4).
- The process of radiating waves or particles.
- The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
- Radioactive energy.
Related terms
- radiate
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- nucleomitophobia
Anagrams
- antiradio
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.dja.sj??/
Noun
radiation f (plural radiations)
- radiation (all meaning)
Related terms
- radier
Further reading
- “radiation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
radiation From the web:
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luminosity
English
Noun
luminosity (plural luminosities)
- (uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
- (physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor
- (astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions
Derived terms
- high-luminosity
- low-luminosity
Translations
References
- luminosity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
luminosity From the web:
- what luminosity class is the sun
- what luminosity class are white dwarfs
- what luminosity class are white dwarfs members of
- what luminosity means
- what's luminosity class
- what luminosity is sun
- luminosity what is the definition
- luminosity what does that mean
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