ionizing radiation

English

Alternative forms

• ionising radiation (British)

Noun

ionizing radiation (countable and uncountable, plural ionizing radiations)

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

Antonyms

• non-ionizing radiation

Hyponyms

• far ultraviolet light
• X-rays
• cosmic rays
• particle radiation
  • gamma rays
  • neutron radiation

Translations

high-energy radiation that is capable of causing ionization in substances

• Afrikaans: ioniserende straling
• Arabic: الإشعاعات المؤينة f pl
• Asturian: radiación ionizante f
• Belarusian: іанізавальнае выпраменьванне n (ianizavalʹnaje vypramjenʹvannje)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電離輻射／电离辐射 (zh) (diànlí fúshè)

• Czech: ionizující záření n
• Esperanto: joniga radiado
• Finnish: ionisoiva säteily (fi)
• French: rayonnement ionisant
• Georgian: მაიონიზირებელი გამოსხივება (maionizirebeli gamosxiveba)
• German: ionisierende Strahlung f
• Hungarian: ionizáló sugárzás (hu)
• Icelandic: jónandi geislun (is) f
• Norwegian: ioniserende stråling c
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: radiação ionizante f
• Romanian: radiație ionizantă f, iradiere ionizatoare f
• Russian: ионизирующее излучение (ru) n (ionizirujuščeje izlučenije)
• Spanish: radiación ionizante f
• Swedish: joniserande strålning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: іонізаційна радіація f (ionizacijna radiacija)

Further reading

• ionizing radiation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia