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radiation modification
subject			fact

radiation modification	changes property some aspect of the incomming radiation
	is a kind of optical process
optical process	has domain optics

Kinds of radiation modification :

• line broadening (7 kinds, 30 facts) - Increase in the range of wavelengths in which some characteristic emission or absorption occurs.
• radiation direction modification (23 kinds, 68 facts)
• radiation intensity modification (16 kinds, 52 facts)
• wavelength shift (7 kinds, 39 facts) - The alteration in frequency of electromagnetic radiation