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Rad

Radian is abbreviated rad.

Rad is also an obsolete unit of radiation dose, equal to 0.01 joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of tissue.



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... or Jordanis was a 6th century historian. He was an Ostrogoth and was a notary of Gothic kings in Italy. At the time of Justinian, he was a Christian and possibly bishop of ...

 
 
 
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