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radiation

Today it means: The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light. Full definition →

Latin radiatio, radiationis

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Latin · borrowed fromradiatio, radiationis
English todayradiation

Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationis. By surface analysis, radiate + -ion.

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