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Irradiate

Irradiate

1. To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster. Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields. (Sir W. Jones)

2. To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind.

3. To animate by heat or light.

4. To radiate, shed, or diffuse. A splendid faade, . . . Irradiating hospitality. (H. James)

Origin: L. Irradiatus, p. P. Of irradiate. See in- in, and radiate.

to emit rays; to shine.

Illuminated; irradiated.

Origin: L. Irradiatus, p. P.


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Lol, telescopes. Why not try growing fungus on different pH mediums? *bonus* use a UV light to irradiate and select for special survivors.

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With organisms like bacteria, they usually irradiate them to increase variability, but I don't quite know how you would do that with cattle. In either case, you'd just basically use artificial selection.

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by mith
Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:41 pm
 
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Topic: Introducing new cattle traits into a breeding program
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Where does bacterias in the fridge come from?

Nah, if you wanna free-bacteria (or at least minimally level of Bacteria) just irradiate your food or get it into autoclave for half an hour before you start eating it...:lol:

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by victor
Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:23 am
 
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Why a mosquito wasnot died after 2 minutes in a Microwave ?

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by Jelanen
Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:18 am
 
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