Crossword-Solution: ACTINISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Actinism | n. | The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “ACTINISM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Property of radiant energy | 1 answer |
| the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AERA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with ACTINISM (5)
Light—Optics—Solar Spectrum—Decomposition of Light—Light, Heat, and Actinism—Blue Paper and Color for the Walls of the Operating Room—Proportions of Light, Heat, and Actinism composing a Sunbeam—Refraction—Reflection—Lenses—Copying Spherical Aberration—Chromatic Aberration.
Considering the wondrous richness and variety of the terrestrial life wrought out by the few sunbeams which we catch in our career through space, we may well pause overwhelmed and stupefied at the thought of the incalculable possibilities of existence which are thrown away with the potent actinism that darts unceasingly into the unfathomed abysms of immensity.
From her talk with Ericson, and even more from the influence of his sad holy doubt, a fresh touch of the actinism of the solar truth fell upon the living seed in her heart, and her life burst forth afresh, began to bud in new questions that needed answers, and new prayers that sought them.
Light or luminous power to one portion; heat or calorific power to another; and chemical power or actinism to a third.
The mechanism must be sensitive, as such properties of matter as heat, light, electricity, magnetism, and actinism, are to be handled, caused to vanish and reappear, analyzed and measured.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1973).