different between radiation vs thermography

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

thermo- +? -graphy

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

thermography (countable and uncountable, plural thermographies)

1. (physics) Any of several techniques for the remote measurement of the temperature variations of a body, especially by creating images produced by infrared radiation.
2. Any process of writing involving the use of heat.
   • 1999, Paperie: The Art of Writing and Wrapping with Paper (page 73)

     Thermography, which imitates engraving, costs far less because it employs no dies or plates.

Synonyms

• thermal imaging

Derived terms

• breast thermography

Related terms

• thermographic
• thermogram
• thermographic camera

Translations

Anagrams

• mythographer