high radiation
61High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile — HARM, type of missile that zeroes in on sources of radar radiation …
62radiation inactivation — The technique of inactivating proteins in freeze dried (lyophilised) preparations using high energy particles (eg. electrons). One high energy particle can apparently inactivate all of the components of a multisubunit polypeptide; the method is… …
63high-frequency — adjective Of or pertaining to high frequency sound or other radiation …
64radiation — Any or all of the following: alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays, x rays, neutrons, high speed electrons, high speed protons, and other atomic particles; but not sound or radio waves, or visible, infrared, or ultra violet light. 10 CFR Cum Supp §… …
65high airburst — The fallout safe height of burst for a nuclear weapon that increases damage to or casualties on soft targets, or reduces induced radiation contamination at actual ground zero. See also types of burst …
66high-energy — adjective a) of an elementary particle, or the equivalent electromagnetic radiation, having an energy greater than a hundred thousand electron volts b) producing a large amount of energy (when reacting) …
67high-frequency gravitational wave — noun gravitational radiation, in the megahertz to gigahertz region, which is proposed to have been produced by the Big Bang or by the collision of massive astronomical objects or artificially in the laboratory. Gravitational waves having… …
68high-voltage radiotherapy — radiotherapy in which the radiation has a voltage greater than 300 kV. See orthovoltage r., supervoltage r., and megavoltage r …
69radiation sickness — an acute illness caused by extreme exposure to rays emitted by radioactive substances, e.g. X rays or gamma rays. Very high doses cause death within hours from destructive lesions of the central nervous system. Lower doses, which may still prove… …
70radiation fog — /reɪdieɪʃən ˈfɒg/ (say raydeeayshuhn fog) noun a fog caused by the lowering of the ground temperature as absorbed solar energy escapes from it, as at sunset, the moist air closest to the ground quickly cooling to dewpoint; occurs mainly in moist… …
