radiation dose

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Noun

radiation dose (plural radiation doses)

  1. (physics) The amount of radiation that reaches something from a radioactive source, or the effect that that amount has; it can be measured in several ways, three of which are expressed by SI in sieverts (non-SI, in rems) and one of which is expressed by SI in grays (non-SI, in rads).
    Hypernym: dose
    Hyponyms: equivalent dose (Sv or rem), effective dose (Sv or rem), committed dose (Sv or rem); absorbed dose (Gy or rd)
    Coordinate terms: radioactivity, activity, exposure

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