different between radiation vs radioactive
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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- what radiation has the longest wavelength
- what radiation does the sun emit
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radioactive
English
Alternative forms
- radio-active (dated)
Etymology
Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 as French radio-actif, equivalent to English radio- +? active.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??e?dio??akt?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /??e?dio??ækt?v/
- Rhymes: -ækt?v
Adjective
radioactive (comparative more radioactive, superlative most radioactive)
- Exhibiting radioactivity.
- (figuratively, rare) Dangerous and disgusting, particularly of people or ideas.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Derived terms
- nonradioactive
- radioactively
Translations
Noun
radioactive (plural radioactives)
- Any radioactive substance.
- 2016, Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson, On to the Asteroid
- Any ship nearby will receive a lethal dose of gamma rays, neutrons, and other radioactives.
- 2016, Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson, On to the Asteroid
Further reading
- “radioactive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- radioactive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Adjective
radioactive
- feminine singular of radioactif
radioactive From the web:
- what radioactive material is in smoke detectors
- what radioactive isotopes are used in medicine
- what radioactive material was used in chernobyl
- what radioactive means
- what radioactive element is in smoke detectors
- what radioactive does to humans
- what radioactive level is unsafe
- what radioactive material was released in chernobyl
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