| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| External radiation | Energy | Exposure to ionizing radiation when the radiation source is located outside the body. (references) | |
| External radiation | Health | Radiation capable of damaging human tissue that is given off by a nuclear or x-ray source outside the body. (references) | |
| External radiation | Religion | Radiation therapy that uses a machine to aim high-energy rays at the cancer. Also called external-beam radiation. (references) | |
| External radiation from carbon-14 | Chemical Industry | That radiation reaching a given point in the body or irradiated material which is due directly or indirectly to carbon-14, a source of radiation outside that body or material. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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