Radiation

/ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/ · noun

Meaning

The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light..

Definitions by Sense

1. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
2. The process of radiating waves or particles.
3. The transfer of energy via radiation.
4. Radioactive energy.
5. (evolutionary theory, countable) A rapid diversification of an ancestral species into many new forms.

Example Sentences

The radiation of love from the crowd was addictive to the young singer-songwriters.

It's Christmas at ground zero / And if the radiation level's OK / I'll go out with you / To see all the new / Mutations on New Year's Day

So the question is: have plants and animals retained over this huge amount of time—whole radiations of mammals have come and gone in this period—have they retained these potentially costly characteristics?

The second [canid group] is the radiation of dogs in South America that began when the first canids arrived about 3 Ma, after crossing the Panama land bridge (Fig. 5.4).

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• radiations

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