irradiation

English

Etymology

From Middle French irradiacion, from Latin irradiatio Morphologically irradiate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌɹeɪdiˈeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

irradiation (countable and uncountable, plural irradiations)

2. An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
   1. (uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.
   2. Synonym of radiotherapy.
3. (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance.
4. (obsolete, figurative) mental light or illumination.
5. (obsolete) 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, especially when a little out of focus.

Derived terms

• chemoirradiation
• irradiation illusion
• irradiation sickness
• microirradiation
• photoirradiation
• postirradiation
• reirradiation
• X-irradiation

Related terms

• nonirradiating (adjective)
• unirradiated (adjective)

Translations

an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated

Arabic: تَشَعُّع m (tašaʕʕuʕ), تَشْعِيع m (tašʕīʕ) Azerbaijani: radiaktik şüalanma Catalan: irradiació f Estonian: kiiritus Finnish: säteilytys (fi) French: irradiation (fr) f German: Bestrahlung (de) f Greek: ακτινοβολία (el) f (aktinovolía) Hindi: किरणन m (kiraṇan) Indonesian: iradiasi (id) Italian: irradiazione (it) f Kazakh: сәулесоққы (säulesoqqy) Norwegian: Nynorsk: bestråling n Polish: napromieniowanie (pl) n Portuguese: irradiação (pt) f Russian: облуче́ние (ru) n (oblučénije) (exposure to radiation), излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije) Slovene: iradiacija m Swedish: bestrålning c

obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance

Italian: irradiazione (it) f Russian: лучеза́рность (ru) f (lučezárnostʹ), блеск (ru) m (blesk), лучи́стость (ru) f (lučístostʹ), сия́ние (ru) n (sijánije), освеще́ние (ru) n (osveščénije)

obsolete, figurative: mental light or illumination

Greek: έκλαμψη (el) f (éklampsi) Italian: illuminazione (it) f

obsolete: the apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground

a process of sterilisation

German: Bestrahlung (de) f Greek: αποστείρωση (el) f (aposteírosi) Italian: sterilizzazione (it) f

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin irradiatio. By surface analysis, irradier +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁa.dja.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

irradiation f (plural irradiations)

1. irradiation

Further reading

• “irradiation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

irradiation (plural irradiationes)

1. irradiation