Definition of "ionising" [ionising]

• Alternative spelling of ionizing. (adjective)
• Present participle of ionise. (verb)

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• "NASA were concerned about the occurrence of a solar flare en route to the moon; amifostine scavenges the free radicals caused by the passage of ionising radiation through cellular matter, and thereby reduces the chances of such radicals causing irreparable cellular damage."
• "Human labourers could not be employed effectively to shovel debris, since workshifts were limited to tiny 90-second intervals due to intensive ionising radiation."
• "But a line of explanation went wrong in saying that such rounds "contain ionising radiation to burst through armour"."