English-Portuguese translations for radiation

• radiação
  A radiação que emitem é inferior à dos telemóveis. The radiation they give off is less than that from mobile phones.
  Qual é a utilização adequada da radiação ionizante? What is the proper use of ionised radiation?
  Devemos centrar os nossos esforços em reforçar a protecção contra a radiação e no armazenamento final. We need to focus more on protection against radiation and final storage.
• irradiação
  Sob o pretexto de se querer regulamentar algo de forma positiva, cria-se assim ao mesmo tempo a possibilidade de alargar a irradiação ao maior número possível de alimentos. In this way, under the guise of regulating something positively, we are simultaneously allowing for the possibility of extending radiation to as many foods as possible.

Definition of radiation

• The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light
• The process of radiating waves or particles
• Radioactive energy

Examples

• heat radiation

Related words

• X-radiation
• irradiation
• antiradiation
• anti-radiation
• α-radiation
• β-radiation
• γ-radiation
• radiation sickness
• radiation poisoning