Ontology

Overview / Open Energy Ontology / Class - radiation

Label: radiation

Definition:

Radiation is an energy transfer by emitting or transmitting energy in the form of waves or particles through a spatial region or a material entity.

Sub classes:

solar radiation

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Definition:

Solar radiation is radiation that is emitted by the sun.

Editor note:

Solar radiation is the mereological sum of direct solar radiation and diffuse solar radiation

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energy transfer

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Definition:

Energy transfer is an energy transformation in form of a spatial transmission, that does not change the types of energies, apart from losses, e.g. waste heat.