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Rad vs Megarad - What's the difference?

rad | megarad |

As nouns the difference between rad and megarad

is that rad is a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray while megarad is a unit of radiation equivalent to one million rads.

As an adjective rad

is excellent, short for radical.

As an initialism RAD

is Rapid Application Development.

rad

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (slang) Excellent, short for radical.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (metrology) A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.
  • (automotive, plumbing, slang)

    • Synonyms

    * (metrology) rd (abbreviation)

    See also

    * deg * grad

    Anagrams

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    megarad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of radiation equivalent to one million rads.

    • Anagrams

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