Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to radiation.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
radiation
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Examples
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The decrease in wind Monday allowed for what meteorologists refer to as radiational cooling, where the Earth experiences a net heat loss during the night.
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Mixed with mostly clear skies, that sets the table for some decent radiational cooling.
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B. Terrorist and/or rogue states will attempt multiple, simultaneous mass casualty attacks against the US homeland employing chemical, biological, radiational and with handguns as we well as assault rifles.
STATE DEFENSE FORCES 2010
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Tomorrow Night: Fewer clouds fill the night sky, allowing temperatures to drop lower with radiational cooling.
Forecast: Fickle fall weather Matt Rogers 2010
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This is noteworthy since daily minimum temperatures have been increasing faster than daily maximum temperatures, which is consistent with what scientists expect to happen as greenhouse gas concentrations increase, since such gases inhibit heat from escaping into the atmosphere, especially during the night as radiational cooling sets in.
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Light winds and clear skies lead to good radiational cooling, allowing lows to head for the mid-or-upper 50s in the suburbs to the low-to-mid 60s downtown.
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Its the very same principle as radiational cooling…..
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Your simplified radiational model is useful, tho incomplete.
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Finally, on windy nights, even in rural areas, radiational heat loss at the ground surface is mixed more deeply through the boundary layer and the sensible heat loss through radiational cooling is distributed through a much larger volume of air.
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The most profound examples of radiational cooling can be found over snow cover on clear, calm nights.
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