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What is meant by radiation?


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Radiation

  1. Radiation is a type of energy transfer in which energy is transferred by a source that travels through space or a vacuum.
  2. Energy transfer by radiation is at the speed of light.
  3. Radiation consists of electric and magnetic fields or it is an electromagnetic wave.
  4. This energy has an electric field and a magnetic field associated with it and has wave-like properties. You could also call radiation “electromagnetic waves”.

Hence, radiation is a type of energy transfer in which energy is transferred by a source that travels through space or a vacuum.


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