|
ray, beam, light beam, shaft of light, irradiation, shaft, beam of light, ray of light | a column of light (as from a beacon) | |
|
irradiation | the condition of being exposed to radiation | |
|
irradiation | the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus | |
|
radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation | [in medicine] the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | |
|
irradiation | the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background | |
|
irradiation | [in physiology] the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex |