Synonyms of the word

radiation

• n. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
• n. The process of radiating waves or particles.
• n. The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
• n. Radioactive energy.

actinotherapy

• n. (medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.

action

• n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
• n. A way of motion or functioning.
• n. A fast-paced activity.
• n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
• n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
• n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
• n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
• n. (military) Combat.
• n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
• n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
• n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
• n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
• n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
• n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
• interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
• v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
• v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

emanation

• n. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
• n. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
• n. (uncountable, obsolete, chemistry) The element radon.

emission

• n. That which is emitted or sent out; issue.
• n. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

energy

• n. The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
• n. The capacity to do work.
• n. (physics) A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass…
• n. (New Age jargon) An intangible, modifiable force (often characterized as either 'positive' or 'negative')…
• n. (role-playing games, video games, board games) A measure of how many actions a player or unit can take;…

irradiation

• n. An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
• n. (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance.
• n. (obsolete) figurative: mental light or illumination.
• n. (obsolete) the apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the…
• n. (uncountable) a process of sterilisation whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils,…

radioactivity

• n. Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the…
• n. The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc.

radiotherapy

• n. The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease.

spread

• v. (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
• v. (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
• v. (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
• v. (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
• v. (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
• v. (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
• v. (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
• v. (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
• v. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
• n. The act of spreading.
• n. Something that has been spread.
• n. An expanse of land.
• n. A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
• n. A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
• n. A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
• n. (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread such as butters or jams.
• n. An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
• n. Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
• n. A numerical difference.
• n. (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
• n. (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another…
• n. (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another…
• n. (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery…
• n. (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of…
• n. (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
• n. (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
• n. (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
• n. The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.

spreading

• v. present participle of spread.
• n. The act by which something is spread.

syndrome

• n. (pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours.

therapy

• n. Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
• n. Healing power or quality.
• v. (transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy.
• v. (intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.