radiation detection instrument

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• radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …   Universalium

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• radio detection and ranging — noun measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects • Syn: ↑radar, ↑microwave radar, ↑radiolocation • Derivationally related forms: ↑radiolocate (for: ↑radiolocation) …   Useful english dictionary

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• Radiocarbon dating — (sometimes simply known as carbon dating) is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon 14 (14C) to estimate the age of carbon bearing materials up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years.[1] Raw, i.e. uncalibrated …   Wikipedia