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radiation

[ray-dee-ay-shuhn] / ˌreɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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Within 15 minutes, Ukraine's Air Force issued a statement saying the alert app had been compromised and clarifying there was no radiation threat.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Ukraine’s air force quickly said there was no radiation threat and urged citizens to stay calm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

In particular, radiation can cause "transient bit flips" that unexpectedly change information stored in computer memory, potentially disrupting software.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The country’s Air Alert app, which usually signals incoming Russian drones and missiles, warned them of radiation and chemical threats, as well as fighting in the streets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

For every type of radiation, there is some material that it is unable to travel through.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

There were radiations of hoofed mammals; of primates including our ancestors; of whales and dolphins; of the all-time biggest sharks.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025

The link between a tendency to explore and colonize new environments and rapid evolution could help explain adaptive radiations in other species, says Daniel Moen, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Riverside.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 24, 2024

The ultimate causes, or triggers, of adaptive radiations is one of the big mysteries in biology.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024

Within it are markers noting the evolutionary appearance of various characteristics that jump-started major adaptive radiations.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

Billy received a message carried by the radiations.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut


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