About The Word Irradiation
Learn about the word Irradiation to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Irradiation definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Irradiation
| Irradiation Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Irradiation?
[n] (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance
[n] (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus [n] the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background [n] (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex [n] a column of light (as from a beacon) [n] the condition of being exposed to radiation Synonyms | Synonyms for Irradiation: actinotherapy | beam | beam of light | light beam | radiation | radiation therapy | radiotherapy | ray | ray of light | shaft | shaft of light Related Terms | Find terms related to Irradiation: anhydration | arc lighting | black and white | blast-freezing | bottling | brining | canning | chiaroscuro | cobalt therapy | contrast | corning | curietherapy | curing | decorative lighting | dehydration | desiccation | direct lighting | dry-curing | drying | electric lighting | emanation | embalming | enlightenment | evaporation | festoon lighting | floodlighting | fluorescent lighting | freeze-drying | freezing | fuming | gaslighting | glow lighting | highlight | highlights | illumination | incandescent lighting | indirect lighting | interstitial irradiation therapy | irradiance | irradiancy | irradiation therapy | isotope therapy | jerking | light | light and shade | light source | lighting | luminous energy | marination | mummification | overhead lighting | photosensitivity | pickling | potting | quick-freezing | radiance | radiancy | radiant energy | radiation | radiation therapy | radiotherapeutics | radiotherapy | radium therapy | radiumization | ray therapy | refrigeration | roentgen ray therapy | roentgenization | roentgenometry | roentgenotherapy | roentgentherapy | salting | seasoning | sidelight | smoking | spot lighting | stage lighting | strip lighting | stuffing | taxidermy | tinning | tonality | visible radiation | X-ray dosimetry | X-ray therapy See Also | condition | Curietherapy | generalisation | generalization | heat ray | high beam | illusion | laser beam | light | low beam | moonbeam | moonray | phototherapy | radium therapy | semblance | spread | spreading | status | stimulus generalisation | stimulus generalization | sunbeam | sunray | therapy | visible light | visible radiation | X-ray therapy Irradiation In Webster's Dictionary \Ir*ra`di*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. irradiation.]
1. Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
2. Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy. --Sir W. Scott.
3. Fig.: Mental light or illumination. --Sir M. Hale.
4. (Opt.) The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen
upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of
the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense
light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears
smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it
really is, esp. when a little out of focus.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Idle wheel ‐ a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide…
- Savin ‐ procumbent or…
- Cram full ‐ packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces of…
- Lamb's lettuce ‐ widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb;…
- Bismarck sea ‐ World War II naval battle; Allied land-based bombers destroyed…
- Indiscriminating ‐ not…
- Astragalus danicus ‐ perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes…
- Coniferophytina ‐ cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period;…
- Unvaried ‐ not diversified [adj]…
- Animal group ‐ a group…