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absorbed dose
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Noun
absorbed dose (plural absorbed doses)
- (physics) The amount of energy imparted by nuclear (or ionizing) radiation to unit mass of absorbing material. Units of measure include the gray, the rad, and their derivatives (e.g., centigray, millirad).
- Hypernyms: radiation dose < dose
- Coordinate terms: equivalent dose, effective dose, committed dose
Translations
amount of energy imparted by nuclear radiation
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