- irradiation - the condition of being exposed to radiation
--1 is a kind of condition, status
Derived form: verb irradiate3 - beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation - a column of light (as from a beacon)
--2 is a kind of light, visible light, visible radiation
--2 has particulars:heat ray; high beam; moonbeam, moon ray, moon-ray; sunbeam, sunray; laser beam; low beam Derived form: verb irradiate2 - irradiation - (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
--3 is a kind of spread, spreading
- irradiation - the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
--4 is a kind of illusion, semblance
- irradiation - (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
--5 is a kind of generalization, generalisation, stimulus generalization, stimulus generalisation
- radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation - (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance
--6 is a kind of therapy
--6 has particulars: phototherapy; radium therapy, Curietherapy; X-ray therapy - irradiation - the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background