| Main Entry: | radiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissemination |
Synonyms: |
broadcast, circulation, diffraction, diffusion, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, distribution, divarication, divergence, emission, polarization, propagation, ramification, scattering, spread, transmission |
| Main Entry: | radiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fallout |
Synonyms: |
nuclear particles, radioactive particles, radioactivity |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ray of light |
Synonyms: |
bar, beacon, chink, column, dartle, emission, finger, flicker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, laser, radiation, ray, shaft, shimmer, shoot, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappearance |
Synonyms: |
diffusion, disintegration, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissolution, distribution, emission, extravagance, improvidence, radiation, scattering, spread, vanishing, wastage, waste |
Antonyms: |
appearance |
| Main Entry: | divergence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | branching out; difference |
Synonyms: |
aberration, alteration, alterity, crotch, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, disagreeing, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divagation, divergency, diversity, division, fork, mutation, otherness, parting, radiation, ramification, separation, turning, unlikeness, variety, varying |
Antonyms: |
accord, agreement, concord, convergence, harmony, sameness |
| Main Entry: | emanation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emergence, discharge |
Synonyms: |
arising, beginning, derivation, drainage, effluence, effluent, efflux, effusion, ejaculation, emerging, emission, escape, exhalation, exudation, flow, flowing, gush, issuance, issuing, leakage, oozing, origin, origination, outflow, outpour, proceeding, radiation, springing, welling |
Antonyms: |
taking, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | emission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issuance, diffusion |
Synonyms: |
discharge, ejaculation, ejection, emanation, exhalation, exudation, issue, radiation, shedding, transmission, utterance, venting |
Antonyms: |
concealment, containment, refrain, repression, suppression, withholding |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shimmer, flicker |
Synonyms: |
beam, bedazzlement, blaze, burst, coruscation, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illumination, imprint, impulse, incandescence, luster, phosphorescence, quiver, radiation, ray, reflection, scintillation, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle, twinkling, vision |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
Synonyms: |
aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, ray, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, taper, torch, window |
Antonyms: |
dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | ramification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consequence, development |
Synonyms: |
bifurcation, branch, branching, breaking, complication, consequence, divarication, division, excrescence, extension, forking, offshoot, outgrowth, partition, radiation, result, sequel, subdividing, subdivision, upshot |
Antonyms: |
cause |