Irradiation vs Irradiance - What's the difference?
irradiation | irradiance |
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.
The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
That which irradiates or is irradiated; lustre; splendour; brilliancy.
(physics) The radiant power received by unit area of surface
