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Actinic radiation

noun
1.
Electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions.  Synonym: actinic ray.






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... beta rays to the biological effects cannot be entirely ignored. Radiation injury has the advantage of custom, since it is generally understood in medicine to refer to X-ray effect as distinguished from the effects of actinic radiation. Accordingly, radiation injury is used in this report to mean injury due only ...
— The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki • United States



Words linked to "Actinic radiation" :   visible radiation, electromagnetic radiation, light, ultraviolet radiation, ultraviolet light, electromagnetic spectrum, UV, infrared light, ultraviolet illumination, infrared radiation, nonparticulate radiation, infrared, ultraviolet, electromagnetic wave, infrared emission, visible light



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