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Rad   /ræd/   Listen
Rad

noun
1.
A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
2.
The unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees).  Synonym: radian.



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"Rad" Quotes from Famous Books



... laut! Nicht zu laut! Denkt g'rad' jetzt wo Ihr jubelt und lacht; Nicht zu laut! Nicht zu laut! Fiel ein Krieger vielleicht in der Schlacht Und er liegt beim zerschossenen Pferde Und nimmt Abschied von Mutter und Braut— Nicht zu laut! Nicht ...
— The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 • Various

... Massa Brace,—no fear o' dem leabin dis ole Cat'maran, so long's de be a-gwine on dat fashion. Looker dar! Fuss to one side, den de todder,—back and for'rad as ef de cudn't ...
— The Ocean Waifs - A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea • Mayne Reid

... atmospheric testing through 1970 (cutoff date of the study) will be the equivalent of 2 years' exposure to natural background radiation on the earth's surface. For the bulk of the world's population, internal and external radiation doses of natural origin amount to less than one-tenth rad annually. Thus nuclear testing to date does not appear to pose a severe radiation threat in global terms. But a nuclear war releasing 10 or 100 times the total yield of all previous weapons tests could pose a ...
— Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War: Some Perspectives • United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

... o'i ryfedd rad, Yn 'diwedd, roi wrandawiad I'w blant,—pan godent eu bloedd, Dan ofid hyd y nefoedd: O Scio wylo, alaeth, I'w glustiau'n ddiau a ddaeth; A rhoes, Ior y Groes, ar gri, Dyst eirian o'i dosturi; D'ai'n gymorth, da borth di-baid, Nes ...
— Gwaith Alun • Alun

... ordeyned alle manere officers of houshold, and what service every officer schulde have, and what every officer schulde take, and what servaunts every officer schulde have, and what the servaunts schulde take: and whan alle the ordinaunce was made and rad before the kyng in presence of the worschipfull fadres William Milton erchebysshop of Yorke, Maistre Walter Stapilton bysshop of Excestre, the bysshop of Ely chaunceler of Engelond, the bishopp of Norwych, the bysshop of Salisbury, Sire Herry le Scrop, Sire Herry Sprignell, justices, ...
— A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 • Anonymous



Words linked to "Rad" :   angular unit, radian, radioactivity unit, milliradian



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