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radiation

noun as in fallout

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They shoot bright spurts of radiation into space, said David Berghmans.

Deinococcus, which can be found high up in our atmosphere, is known for its unusual ability to resist genetic damage from high doses of ultraviolet radiation and its tendency to form relatively large colonies.

DNA analysis suggested the radiation had fried their genetic material.

For decades, that meant sterilizing males by exposing them to radiation and then releasing them into the wild.

We’re also bathed in locally-sourced, artisanal electromagnetic radiation.

He was very familiar with the reality of what could happen: Tokyo could be covered with a really high dosage of radiation.

Everything serene, snow piling on trees, over lawns, on houses, before we realize that all the snow is poisoned with radiation.

The 4M craft also includes a radiation dosimeter built by the Spanish company iC-Málaga.

She said that whenever she came into the room, she had felt the radiation of a vast and unseen force.

Hawking radiation for realistic black holes is a minuscule effect, and the bigger the black hole, the less radiation there is.

The effect of the heated air which acquires its temperature by radiation from the earth's surface is to produce the winds.

If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.

Aboard were not only oceanographers, but marine biologists experienced in radiation physics.

Short hard radiation emitted from the tab neutralized the claws, put them out of commission.

Radiation tabs protected the UN troops, but if a man lost his tab he was fair game for the claws, no matter what his uniform.

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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to radiation, such as: emission, broadcast, circulation, diffraction, diffusion, and dispersal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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