Crossword clues for irradiated
irradiated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Irradiate \Ir*ra"di*ate\ ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Irradiated ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Irradiating ([i^]r*r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. irradiatus, p. p. of irradiate. See In- in, and Radiate.]
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To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields.
--Sir W. Jones. To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind.
--Bp. Bull.To animate by heat or light.
--Sir M. Hale.-
To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
A splendid fa[,c]ade, . . . irradiating hospitality.
--H. James. To expose to radiation of any kind, especially ionizing radiation; as, to sterilize food by irradiating it with gamma rays; one can cause mutations in bacteria by irradiating them with ultraviolet light.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Emitted outwards from a centre like rays. 2 (context heraldry English) Having rays. 3 Having been exposed to (especially nuclear) radiation.
Usage examples of "irradiated".
Why live in isolated settlements built on dead, irradiated earth when you can modify yourself to enjoy the freedom of the whole world?
Purple and yellow vectors slithered through his head, temporarily displacing his view of the irradiated dust.
That meant that the plankton themselves were irradiated, a speculation that Medusa would soon attempt to resolve with greater clarity.
A smile of pleasure irradiated the countenance of the chief:--that he whom he had supposed to be a dangerous rival, should thus publicly forego any claim to the affections of Megalena, was indeed pleasure.
Then they tested the irradiated and then frozen food on human volunteers.
We first irradiated a sample at three mega rads then another sample at six mega rads and tested the animals over a period of six months to see whether radiation became concentrated in any of their organs or bones.
He paused, letting the dramatic effect of what he was going to say sink in while we were sinking our teeth into the irradiated foods that resulted from the years of experimentation throughout the 1950s.
One possible explanation: Freshly fallen snows of nitrogen, methane, and other hydrocarbons are irradiated by solar ultraviolet light and by electrons trapped in the magnetic field of Neptune, through which Triton plows.
I discovered that my friends had been busy while I was zonked out and afloat, getting my irradiated DNA put back together.
In 2226 they had sponsored preliminary research on the creation of a new Homo subspecies capable of surviving on certain heavily irradiated, notoriously inhospitable R-class planets deep within the galactic hub.
Compassion and generosity, so great that they comprehended love itself and excelled its highest type, irradiated the whole being of the fat man exposed to the gaze of his inferiors.
Tall, carbon-gas streetlights irradiated the Gremlin, whose bright green color now looked even more acid than ever.