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Encyclopedia > Rays

Radiation has a variety of different meanings.

Look up radiation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Physics

  • Cherenkov radiation — Emission of radiation by a particle moving through an insulating medium faster than the speed of light in that medium.
  • Electromagnetic radiation — Stream of photons of a variety of different energies. At low frequencies, such as radio, it is common to regard the radiation as continuous rather than as photons.
  • Ionizing radiation — Stream of particles (photons or other particles) with sufficient energy to cause ionization of atoms or molecules.
  • Gravitational radiation — A predicted consequence of general relativity, however, it has not been directly observed.
  • Non-ionizing radiation — Any type of electromagnetic radiation that does not carry enough energy to ionize living material.
  • Particle radiation — Any kind of radiation in which the individual elements behave like particles.
  • Synchrotron radiation — Emission of radiation by a charged particle undergoing acceleration.
  • Thermal radiation — Process by which a hot object emits electromagnetic radiation; it is one of the three methods of heat flow.
  • Radiant energy is radiation emitted by a source into the surrounding environment.

An alpha particle is deflected by a magnetic field Alpha particles or alpha rays are a form of particle radiation which are highly ionizing and have low penetration. ... Beta particles are high-energy electrons emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei such as potassium-40. ... This article is about electromagnetic radiation. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with delta ray. ... Epsilon Radiation is tertiary radiation caused by secondary radiation. ... Cherenkov effect at the [http://www. ... Electromagnetic radiation is a propagating wave in space with electric and magnetic components. ... Ionizing radiation is a type of particle radiation in which an individual particle (for example, a photon, electron, or helium nucleus) carries enough energy to ionize an atom or molecule (that is, to completely remove an electron from its orbit). ... In physics, a gravitational wave consists of energy transmitted in the form of a wave through the gravitational field of space-time. ... Non-ionising radiation (or in American English non-ionizing radiation) refers to any type of electromagnetic radiation that does not carry enough energy to ionize living material - that is, to completely remove an electron from an atom or molecule. ... Particle radiation is the radiation of energy by means of small fast-moving particles that have energy and mass. ... Synchrotron radiation is electromagnetic radiation, similar to cyclotron radiation, but generated by the acceleration of relativistic electrons (i. ... Thermal radiation, or radiant heat, is electromagnetic radiation from an object that is simply caused by its temperature. ... Radiant energy is the energy transported by electromagnetic waves. ...

Biology

  • Adaptive radiation — a process in evolutionary biology by which one species becomes many in order to adapt to specific ecological niches.
  • alpha, beta, theta and delta -rays ; refer to brainwaves

Adaptive radiation describes the rapid speciation of a single or a few species to fill many ecological niches. ... Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic exploration of the electrical activity of the brain by the application of electrodes to the scalp. ...

Meteorology

  • eta radiation refers to insolation in the ETA meteorological model

Fiction

  • Theta radiation is found in Star Trek
  • Omicron radiation is found in Star Trek

This article is being rewritten at Star Trek/temp. ...

See also

  • Radioactive contamination — Release of radioactive material into the environment.
  • Radioactive decay — Set of various processes by which unstable atomic nuclei (nuclides) emit subatomic particles (radiation).

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