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{
"term": "radiation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "powerful and very dangerous rays that are sent out from radioactive substances",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "high **levels/doses of radiation** that damage cells"
},
{
"text": "the link between exposure to radiation and childhood cancer"
},
{
"text": "a radiation leak from a nuclear power station"
},
{
"text": "radiation sickness"
},
{
"text": "the radiations emitted by radium"
},
{
"text": "Nuclear testing has exposed millions of people to radiation."
},
{
"text": "The counter showed high levels of radiation."
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["background", "low-level", "damaging"],
"… of radiation": ["dose"],
"verb + radiation": ["emit", "give off", "absorb"],
"radiation + verb": ["leak", "leak out"],
"radiation + noun": ["sickness", "dose", "level"],
"preposition": ["radiation from"],
"phrases": ["levels of radiation"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "heat, energy, etc. that is sent out in the form of rays",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "ultraviolet radiation"
},
{
"text": "electromagnetic radiation from power lines"
},
{
"text": "The ozone layer absorbs solar radiation."
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["background", "low-level", "damaging"],
"… of radiation": ["dose"],
"verb + radiation": ["emit", "give off", "absorb"],
"radiation + verb": ["leak", "leak out"],
"radiation + noun": ["sickness", "dose", "level"],
"preposition": ["radiation from"],
"phrases": ["levels of radiation"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the treatment of cancer and other diseases using radiation",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["background", "low-level", "damaging"],
"… of radiation": ["dose"],
"verb + radiation": ["emit", "give off", "absorb"],
"radiation + verb": ["leak", "leak out"],
"radiation + noun": ["sickness", "dose", "level"],
"preposition": ["radiation from"],
"phrases": ["levels of radiation"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃn/",
"audio": "ra/radiation/radiation__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃn/",
"audio": "ra/radiation/radiation__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the action of sending out rays of light): from Latin radiatio(n-), from radiare ‘emit rays’, from radius ‘ray, spoke’."
}