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Radiation Shield

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1. A device used on certain types of instruments to prevent unwanted radiation from biasing the measurement of a quantity. </dd>
2. A device used to protect human beings from the harmful effects of nuclear radiation, cosmic radiation, or the like. </dd>
3. = heat shield. </dd>

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use