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Meanings of rad in English

Catalan
radiation assessment detector
Spanish
detector de evaluación de radiación
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Radiation detection instrument on the Curiosity rover.

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        Portuguese
        radiano
        Catalan
        radiant (angle)

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

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              Examples for "radiation assessment detector"
              Examples for "radiation assessment detector"
              1
              Curiosity has been monitoring radiation during its stay on Mars with its Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD).
              Wired
              2
              The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the Mars Science Laboratory rover, also known as Curiosity, has been operating on Mars since 2012.
              Pubmed
              3
              During cruise the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD), situated on board the Curiosity rover, conducted measurements of the energetic-particle radiation environment inside the spacecraft.
              Pubmed
              Russian
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              Catalan
              rad
              Spanish
              rd

              Deprecated unit of absorbed radiation dose.

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                    Usage of rad in English
                    1
                    It's about something pretty rad that happened to a Cape Town resident.
                    The South African
                    2
                    Here are nine rad climber vehicles, submitted by readers living the dream.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    3
                    That is one rad haircut. He leveled two index fingers at me.
                    Deadly Décisions
                    4
                    The latter delivers specifically high rad dosage to the involved area.
                    Pubmed
                    5
                    As the pundits on climbing forums agree: Nothing rad happens indoors.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    6
                    Most of the climbers I met were totally open and rad and international.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    7
                    I do wonder how many rad cameos are going to be in this.
                    Wired
                    8
                    I can build on that to find the next rad project.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    9
                    This should be rad, but I wonder why I'm even here.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    10
                    Australia would be rad. What climber are you most impressed by?
                    Climbing Magazine
                    11
                    Have ye niver rad the mimores of the Prants de Leen?
                    The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
                    12
                    So rad to see you stick with it til the end.
                    Rock and Ice Magazine
                    13
                    It's just crazy, super stacked and a super rad place to hang out.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    14
                    Radiation alarms kept blaring that rad levels were 'unacceptably high'.
                    Unity
                    15
                    At Jupiter, we see approximately 20 million rad over the lifetime of our mission.
                    Wired
                    16
                    That being said, Alaska is one of the most rad places on the planet.
                    Climbing Magazine
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                    Portuguese
                    radiano
                    Russian
                    рад
                    Rad through the time
                    Rad across language varieties
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