Crossword clues for ionizing
ionizing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
ionize \i"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ionized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ionizing.] (Physics, Chemistry) To convert (an atom or molecule) into ions, e. g. by dissolving in water, by reaction with acid or alkali, or by interaction with ionizing radiation. See ionization.
Wiktionary
Capable of producing ions. v
(present participle of ionize English)
WordNet
adj. converting totally or partly into ions; "ionizing radiation" [syn: ionising]
Usage examples of "ionizing".
For around two decades, evidence has been mounting that hormesis holds true also for ionizing radiation.
Also, errors can happen spontaneously or be induced in existing DNA by such agents as mutagenic chemicals and ionizing radiation.
In other words, any exposure to ionizing radiation, however small, is damaging to health.
Several of the speakers had been involved in the procedures that are followed for setting standards and guides for low-level ionizing radiation.
When solar flares erupted and spewed planet-engulfing clouds of deadly ionizing particles through interplanetary space, a ship without shielding was little more than a coffin for its crew.
Otherwise the people in those spacecraft would swiftly die, killed by the invisible bullets of ionizing radiation.
The vast and growing cloud of energetic ionizing radiation that had been spewed out by the solar flare soon engulfed them both.
Surrounding both was a textured swirl of gas being ripped from the star by the black hole’s gravity, thickest in a curved corridor directly between the two bodies, the entire mass of it fluorescing brilliantly under the steady blast of ionizing X-rays pouring from the black hole.
Fifteen years before, some of the top researchers and scientists in the world had been employed to develop a serum that would immunize man against the effects of ionizing radiation injury-one of the nastier side effects of nuclear war.
You see, in ionizing radiation injury the main structure affected is the single cell.
Fifteen years before, some of the top researchers and scientists in the world had been employed to develop a serum that would immunize man against the effects of ionizing radiation injury—one of the nastier side effects of nuclear war.