(Physics)the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization (物理)辐射,辐射作用 ■the energy transmitted in this way 辐射能;放射线,放射物;核离子
(chiefly Biology)divergence out from a central point, in particular evolution from an ancestral animal or plant group into a variety of new forms (主生)发散状分化,辐射形进化
派生 radiational adjective radiationally adverb 语源
late Middle English (denoting the action of sending out rays of light): from Latin radiatio(n-), from radiare 'emit rays' (see radiate)