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noun ADJ. background | low-level | harmful | electromagnetic, gravitational, infrared, microwave, nuclear, solar, thermal, ultraviolet QUANT. dose Patients receive high doses of radiation during cancer treatment. VERB + RADIATION emit, give off | absorb The ozone layer absorbs solar radiation. | measure, monitor | expose sb to Nuclear testing has exposed millions of people to radiation. RADIATION + NOUN sickness | leak | dose, level | exposure | therapy PREP. ~ from radiation from computer screens
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radiation
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + radiation
nuclear radiation
• Nuclear radiation has a devastating effect on living cells.
solar radiation
(= from the sun )
• How can solar radiation be trapped and used?
cosmic radiation
(= from space )
• The spacecraft is fitted with a shield to block cosmic radiation.
ultraviolet/infra-red radiation
(= from the light produced by the sun )
• Ultraviolet radiation damages DNA in plants.
gamma/alpha/beta radiation
technical (= radiation given off by the atomic matter of gamma, alpha, or beta rays )
• The conventional treatment for cancer is to bombard the tumour with gamma radiation.
background radiation
(= the radiation normally present in the environment )
• In some parts of the world, background radiation is very high.
radiation + NOUN
a radiation leak
• A radiation leak occurred at a Russian nuclear power station.
radiation levels
• The background radiation level was normal.
verbs
give off radiation
( also emit radiation formal ) (= produce it )
• The lamps emit ultra-violet radiation.
absorb radiation
• It is thought that a black hole absorbs any solar radiation that reaches it.
be exposed to radiation
(= be put in a situation where you are not protected from harmful radiation, especially nuclear radiation )
• The servicemen claimed they were illegally exposed to radiation during atomic tests.
phrases
a dose of radiation
(= an amount of radiation that someone experiences )
• Workers at the site received high doses of radiation.
exposure to radiation
(= when someone is near to a substance that gives off harmful radiation, especially nuclear radiation )
• One cause of leukaemia is exposure to radiation.
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