nonparticulate radiation

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1.nonparticulate radiation - radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric chargeelectromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wavephoton - a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticleactinic radiation, actinic ray - electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactionselectron beam, beam, ray - a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiationblackbody radiation, black-body radiation - the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation lawHertzian wave - an electromagnetic wave generated by oscillations in an electric circuitgamma radiation, gamma ray - electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelengthline - a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrummicrowave - a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and dataradiation - energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particlesradio emission, radio radiation, radio wave - an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 mroentgen ray, X ray, X-radiation, X-ray - electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target