"irradiation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˌɹeɪdiˈeɪʃən/ Forms: irradiations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French irradiacion, from Latin irradiatio Morphologically irradiate + -ion Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|irradiacion}} Middle French irradiacion, {{uder|en|la|irradiatio}} Latin irradiatio, {{suffix|en|irradiate|ion|nocat=1}} irradiate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} irradiation (countable and uncountable, plural irradiations)
  1. An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
    (uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.
    Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Radioactivity Translations (a process of sterilisation): Bestrahlung [feminine] (German), αποστείρωση (aposteírosi) [feminine] (Greek), sterilizzazione [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-irradiation-en-noun-en:any_act_of_irradiating_or_state_produced_therewith Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 4 1 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 31 6 1 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 33 7 1 26 Disambiguation of 'a process of sterilisation': 64 15 5 1 15
  2. An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
    Synonym of radiotherapy
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: radiotherapy [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-irradiation-en-noun-en:any_act_of_irradiating_or_state_produced_therewith1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 4 1 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 31 6 1 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 33 7 1 26
  3. (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance): irradiazione [feminine] (Italian), лучеза́рность (lučezárnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), блеск (blesk) [masculine] (Russian), лучи́стость (lučístostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), сия́ние (sijánije) [neuter] (Russian), освеще́ние (osveščénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-irradiation-en-noun-ZgeaAskM Disambiguation of 'obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance': 1 1 83 12 2
  4. (obsolete, figurative) mental light or illumination. Tags: countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable Translations (obsolete, figurative: mental light or illumination): έκλαμψη (éklampsi) [feminine] (Greek), illuminazione [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-irradiation-en-noun-H2w~m-9C Disambiguation of 'obsolete, figurative: mental light or illumination': 1 1 35 56 7
  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. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-irradiation-en-noun-YPykdGXZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 4 1 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 31 6 1 31 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 33 7 1 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chemoirradiation, irradiation sickness, photoirradiation, X-irradiation Translations (an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated): تَشَعُّع (tašaʕʕuʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), تَشْعِيع (tašʕīʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), radiaktik şüalanma (Azerbaijani), irradiació [feminine] (Catalan), kiiritus (Estonian), säteilytys (Finnish), irradiation [feminine] (French), Bestrahlung [feminine] (German), ακτινοβολία (aktinovolía) [feminine] (Greek), किरणन (kiraṇan) [masculine] (Hindi), iradiasi (Indonesian), irradiazione [feminine] (Italian), сәулесоққы (säulesoqqy) (Kazakh), bestråling [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), napromieniowanie [neuter] (Polish), irradiação [feminine] (Portuguese), облуче́ние (oblučénije) (english: exposure to radiation) [neuter] (Russian), излуче́ние (izlučénije) [neuter] (Russian), iradiacija [masculine] (Slovene), bestrålning [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated': 49 49 1 0 2

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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Radioactivity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.",
        "a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "irradiating",
          "irradiating"
        ],
        [
          "irradiated",
          "irradiated"
        ],
        [
          "sterilization",
          "sterilization"
        ],
        [
          "sterilize",
          "sterilize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.",
        "(uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:any act of irradiating or state produced therewith",
        "en:sterilization via radiation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.",
        "Synonym of radiotherapy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "irradiating",
          "irradiating"
        ],
        [
          "irradiated",
          "irradiated"
        ],
        [
          "radiotherapy",
          "radiotherapy#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:any act of irradiating or state produced therewith",
        "en:radiotherapy"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "radiotherapy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "illumination; irradiance; brilliance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illumination",
          "illumination"
        ],
        [
          "irradiance",
          "irradiance"
        ],
        [
          "brilliance",
          "brilliance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mental light or illumination."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "illumination",
          "illumination"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, figurative) mental light or illumination."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enlargement",
          "enlargement"
        ],
        [
          "retina",
          "retina"
        ],
        [
          "stimulated",
          "stimulated"
        ],
        [
          "focus",
          "focus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˌɹeɪdiˈeɪʃən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tašaʕʕuʕ",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَشَعُّع"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tašʕīʕ",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَشْعِيع"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "word": "radiaktik şüalanma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "irradiació"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "word": "kiiritus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "word": "säteilytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "irradiation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bestrahlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aktinovolía",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ακτινοβολία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kiraṇan",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "किरणन"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "word": "iradiasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "irradiazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "säulesoqqy",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "word": "сәулесоққы"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bestråling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "napromieniowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "irradiação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "exposure to radiation",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oblučénije",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "облуче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izlučénije",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "излуче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iradiacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bestrålning"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "irradiazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lučezárnostʹ",
      "sense": "obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лучеза́рность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blesk",
      "sense": "obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "блеск"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lučístostʹ",
      "sense": "obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лучи́стость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sijánije",
      "sense": "obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сия́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osveščénije",
      "sense": "obsolete: illumination; irradiance; brilliance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "освеще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éklampsi",
      "sense": "obsolete, figurative: mental light or illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "έκλαμψη"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obsolete, figurative: mental light or illumination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "illuminazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a process of sterilisation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bestrahlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aposteírosi",
      "sense": "a process of sterilisation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αποστείρωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a process of sterilisation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sterilizzazione"
    }
  ],
  "word": "irradiation"
}

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