Sample Sentences for
radiation
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(editor-reviewed)

radiation as in:  nuclear radiation

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Scientists use Geiger counters to measure radiation emitted by radioactive materials.
radiation = particles emitted by radioactive atoms
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    The radiation exposure from a standard chest X-ray, is comparable to that experienced in a transatlantic commercial jet flight.
    radiation = particles emitted by unstable atomic nuclei
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    If there was a radiation accident ….  (source)
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    Ken was NEC after radiation.  (source)
    radiation = medical treatment that attempts to kill cancer cells with particles emitted by nuclear decay
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    And I'd recommend palliative radiation.  (source)
    radiation = medical treatment that attempts to kill cancer cells with particles emitted by nuclear decay
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    He was seeking the exact source of the radiations.†  (source)
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    The plutonium is inside a bunch of pellets, each one sealed and insulated to prevent radiation leakage, even if the outer container is breached.  (source)
    radiation = particles emitted by nuclear decay
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    He knew that the layer of suffocating flour could only block the gemstone's powerful radiations for a short time.†  (source)
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    ...statisticians calculated that about twenty-five per cent had died of direct burns from the bomb, about fifty per cent from other injuries, and about twenty per cent as a result of radiation effects.  (source)
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    Too hot to be white, it was a searing ghost at the frontiers of the ultra-violet, burning its planets with radiations which would be instantly lethal to all earthly forms of life.†  (source)
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    "Those mistakes can happen when you get exposed to chemicals or radiation," Christoph said.  (source)
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    Thought, revery, prayer,—these are great and mysterious radiations.†  (source)
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    They sent manned aircraft through radiation clouds.  (source)
    radiation = particles emitted by nuclear decay that can make people sick
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    Furthermore, a quantitative relation is demonstrated to exist between this inactivation and the radiations that produce it.†  (source)
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radiation as in:  electromagnetic radiation

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    There will be more ultraviolet radiation reaching the surface.  (source)
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    Sometimes, during one of the sudden fluctuations in solar radiation, the surface of the sun was calm.  (source)
    radiation = thermal energy sent out as invisible rays
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    More likely it was a reaction to the fierce ultraviolet radiation that had burned my retinas and baked my brain.  (source)
    radiation = energy sent out as light and heat
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    Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation.  (source)
    radiation = energy sent out as invisible rays
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    But even as the upper mountain was raked by winds in excess of a hundred miles per hour, the air at Camp Three barely stirred, and as the afternoon wore on I began to feel increasingly woozy from the fierce solar radiation-at least I hoped it was the heat that was making me stupid, and not the onset of cerebral edema.  (source)
    radiation = particles emitted by nuclear decay
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    The air is different, the solar radiation is different, the land is different, the insects are different, the sounds are different, the vegetation is different.  (source)
    radiation = energy sent out as invisible rays
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    Climbing with Andy Harris at the front of the group, I continually stuffed snow under my hat and lungs and moved as fast as my legs and lungs would propel me, hoping to reach the shade of the tents before succumbing to the solar radiation.  (source)
    radiation = energy sent out as light and heat
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    Efficient radiation.  (source)
    radiation = thermal energy sent out as invisible rays
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    Even though it was a cloudy day, the vicious ultraviolet radiation at this altitude would render him snow-blind very quickly.  (source)
    radiation = invisible rays of energy from the sun
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    Ultraviolet radiation is good for life.  (source)
    radiation = energy sent out as invisible rays
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    If you remember your black-body radiation, black is actually best in heat.  (source)
    radiation = thermal energy sent out as invisible rays
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