Rad

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rad \Rad\ (r[a^]d), n. [radiation absorbed dose.]
     A unit of measurement of the amount of ionizing radiation
     absorbed by an object, equal to an energy of 100 ergs per
     gram of irradiated material (equal to 0.01 gray).
     [PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rad \Rad\ (r[a^]d), obs.
     imp. & p. p. of {Read}, {Rede}. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rad
       n 1: a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per
            gram of irradiated material
       2: 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) [syn: {radian}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  RAD
       Rapid Access Disk
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  RAD
       Rapid Application Development [toolkit] (Delphi, Borland)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  RAD
       Research And Development [data communications] (manufacturer)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  RAD
       
           {Rapid Application Development}.