rad (n.)

  1. a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material

  2. the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International dUnites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)

    [ Syn: radian ]

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