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Radiation vs Reradiate - What's the difference?

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Radiation is a see also of reradiate.


As a noun radiation

is the shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.

As a verb reradiate is

to absorb some amount of radiative energy, and then later emit that energy in the form of radiative energy the term is most often used in discussion of absorption of light or infrared radiation.

radiation

English

(wikipedia radiation)

Noun

(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

    Anagrams

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    reradiate

    English

    Verb

  • To absorb some amount of radiative energy, and then later emit that energy in the form of radiative energy. The term is most often used in discussion of absorption of light or infrared radiation.

    • See also

    * radiate * thermodynamics * radiation

    References

    * [http://medical.merriam-webster.com/medical/reradiate], ''Merriam-Webster online * [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reradiate] , American Heritage dictionary (via freedictionary.com)