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diradiation

diradiation noun: the emission and diffusion of rays of light.

Noun

diradiation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The emission and diffusion of rays of light.
    • ACTINOBOLISM, is the same with the Diffusion or Diradiation of Light or Sound, by which it's carried or flows every way from its Centre.1725, John Harris, Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences
    • ACTINOBOLISM, from ακτιν, a sum beam, and βαλις, a plumb line, in physics, diffusion, or the diradiation of light or sound by which it flows every way from its centre.1829, London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science

Origin of diradiation

From Latin dīradiō (“to arrange in rays”), from dis- + radius.

Questions about diradiation

What does diradiation mean?
Diradiation means the emission and diffusion of rays of light.
What part of speech is diradiation?
Diradiation is a noun.

Words near diradiation in the dictionary

  1. Dirac seas
  2. Dirac string
  3. Dirac strings
  4. Dirac's constant
  5. Diracian
  6. diradiation
  7. diradical
  8. diradicaloid
  9. diradicaloids
  10. diradicals
  11. Dirae

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