radiative
Giving off rays
Radiative describes processes involving radiation—the emission or transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves or particles.
The term appears primarily in scientific contexts: radiative heat transfer, radiative cooling, radiative forcing (a measure of climate impact).
A radiative process transfers energy without requiring a medium, unlike conduction or convection.
Discharged substance or act
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- transmissionSending of information
- fluxContinuous change or flow
intensity · opacity · thermal · blackbody · Planck · equilibrium · cooling · heating
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- ultravioletWavelengths shorter than violet
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
- X-raysShort-wavelength penetrating light
microwaves · radio · wavelength · frequency · spectrum · visible · photon · quantum
Elemental variant by mass
- half-lifePeriod for fifty-percent reduction
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- nuclearOf atomic energy
unstable · particle · nuclide · transmutation · activity · disintegration · spontaneous · energetic
emission
Discharged substance or act
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- transmissionSending of information
flux · intensity · opacity · thermal · blackbody · Planck · equilibrium · cooling · heating · forcing
electromagnetic
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- ultravioletWavelengths shorter than violet
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
X-rays · microwaves · radio · wavelength · frequency · spectrum · visible · photon · quantum · spectroscopy
isotope
Elemental variant by mass
- half-lifePeriod for fifty-percent reduction
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
nuclear · unstable · particle · nuclide · transmutation · activity · disintegration · spontaneous · energetic
- background radiationResidual energy from early universe
- X-ray radiationShort-wavelength electromagnetic emission
- nuclear radiationEnergy from atomic decay
- UV radiationInvisible high-energy light waves
- radiation poisoningHarm from radioactive exposure
- radiation dosesAmounts of absorbed rays