characteristic radiation
noun
: radiation in the form of light or X rays of wavelengths peculiar to the substance emitting or absorbing it
Word History
First Known Use
1898, in the meaning defined above
- prodigal daughter
- prodigal son
- prodigal son/daughter
- prodigalise
- prodigalised
- prodigalises
- prodigalising
- prodigalities
- prodigality
- prodigalize
- prodigalized
- prodigalizes
- prodigalizing
- prodigally
- prodigals
- prodigies
- prodigious
- prodigiously
- prodigiousness
- prodigiousnesses
- prodigus
- prodigy
- prodissoconch
- prodition
- proditor