irradiation
Definitions
Noun
- The condition of being exposed to radiation
- A column of light (as from a beacon)
- (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
- The apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
- (pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
- (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "irradiation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inspection | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | indication | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | invitation | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | interaction | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | disposition | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | liquidation | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | immigration | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | insulation | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | inspiration | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | interruption | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | intonation | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | initiation | 5 | 7 |
| 13 | inhibition | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | imposition | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | indecision | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | interwoven | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | distillation | 4 | 3 |
| 18 | inflection | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | infliction | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | injunction | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | insurrection | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | simulation | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | disaffection | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | indonesian | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | infarction | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | infraction | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | inhalation | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | intermission | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | invocation | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | libertarian | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | lilliputian | 4 | 1 |
| 32 | misbegotten | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | syndication | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | fibrillation | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | inattention | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | indianian | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | intercession | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | intimation | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | inundation | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | lithuanian | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | mississippian | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | nickelodeon | 5 | 0 |
| 43 | philibosian | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | pythagorean | 5 | 0 |
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | radiation | 4 | 97 |
| 2 | tradition | 3 | 94 |
| 3 | traditions | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | indication | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | graduation | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | admiration | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | irrational | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | irritation | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | irradiated | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | irritating | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | irrigation | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | irritations | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | eradication | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | gradations | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | radiating | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | radiation's | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | irradiate | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | gradation | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | ordination | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | abdication | 4 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 44
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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