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s | radiation |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

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.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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

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