See Also: radiative(medicine)
radiative(dictionary)

radiative (iou)



radiative adjective. M19.
[from RADIATE verb + -IVE.]
Of or pertaining to radiation; occurring by means of radiation; involving or accompanied by the emission of radiation.
radiative capture capture of a particle by an atomic nucleus with accompanying emission of gamma radiation. radiative equilibrium a state of equilibrium in which the total energy flux emitted is equal to that absorbed; a state of equilibrium in which radiation is the predominant energy transport mechanism.
radiatively adverb by means of (esp. electromagnetic) radiation; with emission of radiation: M20.