radiation: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 10 letter points · starts with R · ends with N
Meaning of radiation
noun
- countable, uncountable
The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
Example: The radiation of love from the crowd was addictive to the young singer-songwriters.
- countable, uncountable
The process of radiating waves or particles.
- countable, uncountable
The transfer of energy via radiation.
- countable, uncountable
Radioactive energy.
Listed forms: radiations.
Source: Wiktionary — radiation.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for radiation.
noun
syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
- radiation sickness
- radiation syndrome
noun
the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
noun
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
- radiotherapy
- radiation therapy
- actinotherapy
- irradiation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is radiation in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of radiation
R(1) + A(1) + D(2) + I(1) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of radiation
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from radiation
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