radiative.

Relating to the emission, absorption, or transfer of energy as radiation.

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Words that belong together

• radiative cooling
• radiative transfer

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Radiative cooling lowered the panel’s temperature.

The model accounted for radiative transfer through the atmosphere.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.