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Irradiation

noun

The condition of being exposed to radiation.

A column of light (as from a beacon). Synonyms: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light.

(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex.

The apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background.

(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus.

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance. Synonyms: actinotherapy, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy.

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"Irradiation" Quotes from Famous Books

... magnetism were ascribed by him to the irradiation of angels. Robert Fludd enjoyed the acquaintance and friendship of many scientists at home and abroad, and was without doubt one of the most versatile and ...

— Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery • Robert Means Lawrence

... shaft of light looked like quicksilver. The smoke from the funnel mixed in the heavy air with the mist and the light, and formed a fantastic beam of vapor from the ship to the shore. Up this stream of quivering, scintillating irradiation, as brilliant as flashing water in the sun, flew from the land thousands of gauze-winged insects, the great moths of the night, wondrous, shimmering bits of life, seeming all fire in the strange atmosphere. ...

— White Shadows in the South Seas • Frederick O'Brien

... then went on to another point of view near the gymnasium, where they could not be seen by the crowd. Three-quarters of a mile off, on their left hand, the powerful irradiation fell upon the brick chapel in which Somerset had first seen the woman who now stood beside him as his wife. It was the only object visible in that direction, the dull hills and trees behind failing to catch the light. She significantly pointed ...

— A Laodicean • Thomas Hardy

... The magnificent irradiation was evidently the result of electricity, and it revealed the shape of the strange fish, if fish it was, ...

— The Wizard of the Sea - A Trip Under the Ocean • Roy Rockwood

... statements of truth: these in any one of his sermons are "few"—as they should be—"and far between": the greater portion of his time and the most mighty efforts of his dramatic power being devoted to the irradiation and illustration of these truths. This is the fertility of his genius, that, out of the roots which philosophy furnishes, it can, through its mysterious broodings, bring forth into the breathing warmth ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various

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