What is the meaning of rad?

noun

  • A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
  • 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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