rad

7 definitions found

rad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

rad - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, rad]

rad - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  RAD
  
     <programming> Rapid Application Development.
  

rad - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  RAD
         Rapid Access Disk
         

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

  RAD
         Research And Development [data communications] (manufacturer)