as in illumination
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Recent Examples of irradiation
The Food and Drug Administration has endorsed irradiation as safe for food products, citing 30 years of research, but labeling is required when used.
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Ben Markus - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
For example, researchers need to develop new materials that can withstand extreme temperatures and irradiation conditions.
—Farhat Beg, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
So to one day make fusion a feasible energy source, reactors will need to be built with materials that can survive the heat and irradiation generated by fusion reactions.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Other processes include laser irradiation, high-voltage pulses, optical sorting, pyrolysis, chemical solvents, etching, and delaminating with a hot knife.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
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Ben Markus - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
For example, researchers need to develop new materials that can withstand extreme temperatures and irradiation conditions.
—Farhat Beg, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
So to one day make fusion a feasible energy source, reactors will need to be built with materials that can survive the heat and irradiation generated by fusion reactions.
—Sophie Blondel, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
Other processes include laser irradiation, high-voltage pulses, optical sorting, pyrolysis, chemical solvents, etching, and delaminating with a hot knife.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irradiation
Noun
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The full moon reaches peak illumination at 2:55 a.m. ET on Friday, March 14.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2025
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While the eclipse will last from 1:47 a.m. EDT to 4:10 a.m. EDT Friday morning, March’s full moon reaches peak illumination at 2:55 a.m. EDT on Friday, the Old Farmer's Almanac said.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His face is a death mask: gaunt and soiled, teeth pebbly, eyes dilated but piercing in their last hint of blued luminescence.—
Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
3 Feb. 2025
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This luminescence is the hallmark of this mushroom, which gave rise to its common name: the ghost fungus.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Working with Anomalisa cinematographer Joe Passarelli, Johnson casts Paul’s experiences in a beguiling and ephemeral glow.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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Her dewy glow didn’t just come from the tears shed after her win, but from the careful skin prep that laid the foundation.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Irradiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irradiation. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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