irradiation
Noun
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Noun
irradiation
- An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
- (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance.
- (obsolete, figurative) mental light or illumination.
- (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.
- (uncountable) a process of sterilisation whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilise the contents.
- French: irradiation
- Italian: irradiazione
- Portuguese: irradiação
- Russian: облуче́ние
- Italian: irradiazione
- Russian: лучеза́рность
- Italian: illuminazione
- German: Bestrahlung
- Italian: sterilizzazione
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