RADIANT ENERGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("radiant energy" is a kind of...):

energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiant energy"):

luminous energy (the energy associated with visible light)

Credits