Meaning

1 senses
  1. A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray, that is, 1 centigray.

    Near-synonyms: centigray, cGy (same physical quantity)

    a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material

Examples

2 sentences
  1. That was totally rad.

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  2. That's so rad.

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Forms

plural: rads
Singularrad
Pluralrads

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
centigraymul:cGy
Close in meaning
  • the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees):radian

Word family

9 related words

See also

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