Definition of Radiation

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Radiation

The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.

The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.

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Radiation Quotations

I've gone through back surgery a couple times, and of course, my radiation treatments for six weeks got me to the point where I was not able to play at the level that I was accustomed to.
Mario Lemieux

All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all.
Ornette Coleman

Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what kind of medical treatment people were going to need and this or that, or, indeed, whether there would be medical personnel around.
William Scranton

There are allowable limits for radiation going - I mean there's radiation all around us. There's radiation from your television set. There's radiation from your computer. There's radiation actually occurring in the ground.
William Scranton

Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized.
John Cameron

In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer.
John Cameron

Millions of Americans every year depend upon medical imaging exams to diagnose disease and detect injury, and thousands more rely on radiation therapy to treat and cure their cancers.
Charles W. Pickering

You can't eat fish. It's 6,000 parts DDT per million all over the world, not counting radiation.
Dick Dale

The current lack of a national standard for operators of medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment poses a hazard to American patients and jeopardizes quality health care.
Charles W. Pickering

Too many radiologists still believe there is a risk from a chest x-ray. Few radiologists can explain radiation to the patient in words the patient can understand.
John Cameron

Radiation Translations

Radiation in German is streng rigorous, Strahlung, Ausstrahlung {f}

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