homogeneous radiation

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Radiation consisting of a narrow band of frequencies of the same energy or of a single type of particle.

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He was very familiar with the reality of what could happen: Tokyo could be covered with a really high dosage of radiation.
Takashi Murakami’s Art From Disaster|Justin Jones|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Everything serene, snow piling on trees, over lawns, on houses, before we realize that all the snow is poisoned with radiation.
The Internet Embedded in Your Head|J.T. Price|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 4M craft also includes a radiation dosimeter built by the Spanish company iC-Málaga.
Luxembourg and China Team Up on Private Mission to the Moon|Matthew R. Francis|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She said that whenever she came into the room, she had felt the radiation of a vast and unseen force.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Hawking radiation for realistic black holes is a minuscule effect, and the bigger the black hole, the less radiation there is.
Black Holes Exist. So Does Bad Science|Matthew R. Francis|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The effect of the heated air which acquires its temperature by radiation from the earth's surface is to produce the winds.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Aboard were not only oceanographers, but marine biologists experienced in radiation physics.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Short hard radiation emitted from the tab neutralized the claws, put them out of commission.
Second Variety|Philip Kindred Dick
Radiation tabs protected the UN troops, but if a man lost his tab he was fair game for the claws, no matter what his uniform.
Second Variety|Philip Kindred Dick