As nouns the difference between radiation and megarad
is that radiation is the shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat while megarad is a unit of radiation equivalent to one million rads.
radiation
Noun
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en noun)
The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.
The process of radiating waves or particles.
The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
Radioactive energy.
Derived terms
* background radiation
* electromagnetic radiation
* ionizing radiation
* radiation belt
* Van Allen radiation belt
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megarad
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A unit of radiation equivalent to one million rads.
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