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ionizing radiation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
ion-iz-ing ra-di-a-tion
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

High-energy radiation that is capable of causing ionization in substances through which it passes; also includes high-energy particles.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

ionizing radiations (plural) ionising radiation (alternative, UK)

Synonyms

non-ionizing radiation

Questions

What does ionizing radiation mean?
High-energy radiation that is capable of causing ionization in substances through which it passes; also includes high-energy particles.

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