Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Radiation

Radiation (rā`di*ā"shun) , noun

[Latin radiatio: compare French radiation.]

1.
The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.
2.
The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.