irradiatorn.
/ɪˈreɪdɪeɪtə/ One who or that which irradiates; an illuminator. (Cf. also irradiate v. 1d.)
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society > communication > information > enlightenment > [noun] > one who or that which
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the world > matter > light > [noun] > ray or beam > that which emits
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1750 W. Hodges Elihu (1755) 10 The word..signifies the Irradiator, or he that irradiates and enlightens.
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 58 At such a distance from the oily irradiators which now dazzle the eyes of him who addresses you.
1971 Nature 12 Mar. 120/2 Corneas were first irradiated for 15 h in a γ-irradiator..delivering 1·2 × 105 rad/h.
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