Wordwyrt

radiation

/ˌɹeɪdiˈeɪʃən/ray-dee-AY-shuhn
/ˌɹeɪdiˈeɪʃən/ray-dee-AY-shuhn

Meaninga sending out of rays

Common meaning: energy sent out as waves or particles

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin radius ‘a staff or rod; a spoke; a beam of light’.

Roots

  • radius, -iī Latin “a staff or rod; a spoke; a beam of light”

Related words

radiator

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app