loss | the act of losing someone or something, everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock |
radiotherapy radiation therapy radiation actinotherapy irradiation | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance |
radiation | the act of spreading outward from a central source |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
radiation pyrometer | a pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat, radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer |
acoustic radiation pressure | (acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave |
loss deprivation | the disadvantage that results from losing something, his loss of credibility led to his resignation, losing him is no great deprivation |
optic radiation radiatio optica | a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex |
radiation | a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain |
amnesia memory loss blackout | partial or total loss of memory, he has a total blackout for events of the evening |
Planck's radiation law | (physics) an equation that expresses the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of an ideal black body |
stop order stop-loss order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level |
radiation pattern radiation diagram pattern | graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle |
loss | the experience of losing a loved one, he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather |
passing loss departure exit expiration going release | euphemistic expressions for death, thousands mourned his passing |
personnel casualty loss | military personnel lost by death or capture |
background radiation | radiation coming from sources other than those being observed |
radiation | the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats |
adaptive radiation | the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches |
loss of consciousness | the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond |
actinic radiation actinic ray | electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions |
alpha radiation alpha ray | the radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay |
beta radiation beta ray electron radiation | radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay |
black-body radiation blackbody radiation | the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body, the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law |
ionizing radiation | high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes |
cosmic background radiation CBR cosmic microwave background radiation CMBR cosmic microwave background CMB | (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about . kelvin |
cosmic radiation | radiation coming from outside the solar system |
electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic wave nonparticulate radiation | radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge |
gamma radiation gamma ray | electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength |
infrared infrared light infrared radiation infrared emission | electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves |
light visible light visible radiation | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation, the light was filtered through a soft glass window |
radiation field | a field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space |
neutron radiation | radiation of neutrons (as by a neutron bomb) |
radiation pressure corpuscularadiation pressure | the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave |
radiation | energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles |
corpuscular radiation particulate radiation | a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons) |
radio wave radio emission radio radiation | an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between . cm to , m |
solar radiation | radiation from the sun |
ultraviolet ultraviolet radiation ultraviolet light ultraviolet illumination UV | radiation lying in the ultraviolet range, wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays |
paper loss | an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost |
capital loss | the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price, the loss is realized when the asset is sold |
loss red ink red | the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue, the company operated at a loss last year, the company operated in the red last year |
loss | something that is lost, the car was a total loss, loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt |
financial loss | loss of money or decrease in financial value |
losings losses | something lost (especially money lost at gambling) |
income statement earnings report operating statement profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |
profit and loss profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss |
loss | gradual decline in amount or activity, weight loss, a serious loss of business |
radiation radioactivity | the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay |
loss ratio | the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received |