Radiation/Related Articles

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Infrared light [r]: In physics and engineering, a non-visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging from wavelengths of 750 nm to 1 mm, between the darkest visible red and the shortest submillimeter wave radar ^[e]
Visible light [r]: Add brief definition or description
Ultraviolet [r]: The part of the electromagnetic spectrum between the visible light and X-ray regions ^[e]
X-ray [r]: An ionizing type of electromagnetic radiation whose absorption or diffraction often used for structural investigations of matter. ^[e]

Antenna [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Antenna (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.

Acute radiation syndrome [r]: Disease or death caused by whole-body irradiation, over a short period of time, with a significant quantity of penetrating radiation ^[e]

Acoustic energy [r]: Add brief definition or description
Electronic warfare [r]: A subset of information operations that deals with the use of electromagnetic or kinetic means to degrade an enemy's military electronics systems, to be able to operate one's own electronics in the face of enemy attacks, and to evade those attacks through protection or deception ^[e]
Nuclear weapon [r]: Add brief definition or description
Radar [r]: Acronym for "radio detection and ranging"; a system used to locate a distant object by transmission of radio waves and reception of their reflection. ^[e]
Radio [r]: Transmission and reception of information, which can be voice, data or imagery over electromagnetic radiation in free space (i.e., wireless). The information is modulated onto a carrier wave ^[e]