different between radiation vs magnetron

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)

1. 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).

2. The process of radiating waves or particles.
3. The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
4. 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)

1. radiation (all meaning)

Related terms

• radier

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

magnet +? -tron

Noun

magnetron (plural magnetrons)

1. (physics) a device in which electrons are made to resonate in a specially shaped chamber and thus produce microwave radiation; used in radar, and in microwave ovens

Derived terms

• cavity magnetron

Anagrams

• Germanton

Dutch

Etymology

magneet +? -tron

Pronunciation

Noun

magnetron m (plural magnetrons, diminutive magnetronnetje n)

1. (chiefly Netherlands) microwave oven (fast heating device with mainly culinary use)

Synonyms

• microgolfoven, microgolf (Flanders)
• magnetronoven (Netherlands)

Romanian

Etymology

From French magnétron.

Noun

magnetron n (plural magnetroane)

1. magnetron

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