RADIATION


Meaning of RADIATION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ background

▪ low-level

▪ damaging , harmful

▪ electromagnetic , gravitational , microwave , nuclear , thermal

▪ gamma , infrared , ultraviolet (abbreviated to UV )

▪ UVA , UVB

▪ cosmic , solar

fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background ~

… OF RADIATION

▪ dose

Patients receive high doses of ~ during cancer treatment.

VERB + RADIATION

▪ emit , give off

▪ absorb

The ozone layer absorbs solar ~.

▪ block , protect from , reflect

Ozone protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet ~.

▪ detect , measure , monitor

▪ expose sb to

Nuclear testing has exposed millions of people to ~.

RADIATION + VERB

▪ leak , leak out

~ leaking from nuclear power stations

RADIATION + NOUN

▪ sickness

▪ dose , level

▪ leak , leakage ( esp. AmE )

the threat of ~ leaks

▪ exposure

▪ source

▪ detector

▪ therapy , treatment

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ from

~ from computer screens

PHRASES

▪ levels of ~

The counter showed high levels of ~.

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