Irradiation vs Incidence - What's the difference?
irradiation | incidence |
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 something happening; occurrence
The extent, or the relative frequency of something happening
(physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface
(epidemiology) A measure of the risk that a person develops a new condition within a specified period of time, usually a year.
