irradiate
pronunciation
How to pronounce irradiate in British English:
UK [ɪˈreɪdieɪt]
How to pronounce irradiate in American English:
US [ɪˈrediˌet]
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- Verb:
- give spiritual insight to; in religion
- cast rays of light upon
- expose to radiation
Word Origin
- irradiate (v.)
- c. 1600, "to cast beams of light upon," from Latin irradiatus, past participle of irradiare "shine forth," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + radiare "to shine" (see radiate). Meaning "expose to radiation other than light" (originally X-rays) is from 1901. Related: Irradiated; irradiating.
Example
- 1. Laser pen to irradiate one fly 's compound eye .
- 2. Irradiate farm produce so as to destroy bacteria .
- 3. Only after the trouble arose did they irradiate samples themselves and run tests .
- 4. Safety condition of using nd-yag laser to irradiate the esophagogastric andcolonic mucosa of dogs was studied .
- 5. During the non-sampling period , the photochopper would block the exciting light which led sent out , only turn on the photochopper in the period of fluorescence gathering , so as to the exciting light irradiate the chip .