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  • 11induced radiation — Radiation produced as a result of exposure to radioactive materials, particularly the capture of neutrons. See also contamination; initial radiation; residual radiation; residual radioactivity …

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  • 12radiation — 1. The act or condition of diverging in all directions from a center. 2. The sending forth of light, short radio waves, ultraviolet or x rays, or any other rays for treatment or diagnosis or for other purpose. Cf.:irradiation (2). 3. SYN:… …

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  • 13prompt radiation — The gamma rays produced in fission and as a result of other neutron reactions and nuclear excitation of the weapon materials appearing within a second or less after a nuclear explosion. The radiations from these sources are known either as prompt …

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  • 14residual radiation — Nuclear radiation caused by fallout, artificial dispersion of radioactive material, or irradiation which results from a nuclear explosion and persists longer than one minute after burst. See also contamination; induced radiation; initial… …

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  • 15rayonnement initial — pradinė spinduliuotė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. initial radiation vok. Initialstrahlung, f rus. начальное излучение, n pranc. rayonnement initial, m …

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  • 16rayonnement initial — pirminė radioaktyvioji spinduliuotė statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Jonizuojančioji spinduliuotė, daugiausia neutronų ir gama spindulių, kurią sukelia branduolinis sprogimas ir kuri sklinda nuo ugnies kamuolio minutę po sprogimo pradžios.… …

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  • 17Cosmic microwave background radiation — CMB and Cosmic background radiation redirect here. For other uses see CMB (disambiguation) and Cosmic background (disambiguation). Physical cosmology …

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  • 18Hawking radiation — is a thermal radiation with a black body spectrum predicted to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects. It is named after the physicist Stephen Hawking, who provided a theoretical argument for its existence in 1974, and sometimes also… …

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  • 19Cherenkov radiation — glowing in the core of the Advanced Test Reactor …

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  • 20Čerenkov radiation — (also spelled Cerenkov or Cherenkov) is electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle (such as an electron) passes through an insulator at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium. The characteristic blue glow of nuclear …

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