Irradiation (Noun)

Meaning ¹

The condition of being exposed to radiation.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Hypernyms

• Status

Related Words

• Irradiate (verb)

Meaning ²

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

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Hypernyms

• Spreading

Meaning ³

A column of light (as from a beacon).

Classification

Nouns denoting natural phenomena.

Synonyms

• Shaft
• Light Beam
• Shaft Of Light
• Beam Of Light
• Beam
• Ray Of Light
• Ray

Hypernyms

• Light
• Visible Radiation
• Visible Light

Hyponyms

• Low Beam
• High Beam
• Moon-ray
• Sunbeam
• Moon Ray
• Moonbeam
• Heat Ray
• Laser Beam
• Sunray

Related Words

• Irradiate (verb)

Meaning ⁴

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

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Hypernyms

• Semblance

Meaning ⁵

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Radiation Therapy
• Radiotherapy
• Radiation
• Actinotherapy

Hypernyms

• Therapy

Hyponyms

• Curietherapy
• Phototherapy
• Radium Therapy
• X-ray Therapy

Meaning ⁶

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

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Hypernyms

• Generalisation
• Stimulus Generalisation
• Stimulus Generalization