MetaGlossary.com: Isotropic Radiation

Definitions for "Isotropic Radiation" Add To Word List

Keywords: Radiance, Radiation, Uniformly, Elementary, Intensity

Related Terms: Gamma , Dosimeter, Emissivity, Gamma Ray, Ionizing Radiation, Irradiate, Rad, Radiation, Radiometer, Radiometry, X Ray, X-Ray, Blackbody Radiation, Photon, Geiger Counter, Absorption Line, Isotropic Radiator, Gamma Radiation, Emittance, Black Body, Gamma-Ray, Photoelectric Effect, Gamma Rays, X-Rays, Solar Radiation, Absorptance, Exposure, Thermal Radiation, Absorption Band, Absorptivity, Nonionizing Radiation, Cosmic Radiation, Non-Ionizing Radiation, Synchrotron Radiation, Kirchhoff's Law, Radiation Balance, Scattered Radiation, Blackbody, Compton Scattering, Shortwave Radiation, Compton Effect, Beam , Absorbance, Longwave Radiation, Direct Radiation, Global Radiation, Black Body Radiation, Ionization Chamber, Thermoluminescent Dosimeter

Submit a better definition with this meaning

Radiation that is of equal intensity in all directions.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4211/appen-k.htm

Helpful?

Diffuse solar radiation which has the same intensity in all directions.

http://www.novalynx.com/glossary-i.html

Helpful?

Equal radiation in all direction (e.g. the electric field from a point charge, or light radiating from a star)

http://dejaview.com/default.asp?page_id=54

Helpful?

Radiation with constant radiance in all directions.

http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?p=51&s=I

Helpful?

Isotropic radiation has the same intensity regardless of the direction of measurement, and an isotropic field exerts the same action regardless of how the test particle is oriented. It radiates uniformly in all directions from a point source sometimes called an isotropic radiator. The radiation may be electromagnetic, audio or composed of other elementary particles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotropic_radiation

Helpful?

Privacy Statement | Terms of Use