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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| radiometer | xx/xx | Noun | 
| radiation | xx/x | Noun | 
| multispectral | /x/x | Noun | 
| scanners | /x | Noun | 
| lidar | /x | Noun | 
| infrared | xx/ | Name | 
| interferometry | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| scatter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| photon | /x | Noun | 
| polarimetric | xx/xx | Noun | 
| ultraviolet | xx/xx | Noun | 
| electromagnetic | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| attenuation | x/x/x | Noun | 
| diffraction | x/x | Noun | 
| ultrasonic | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| irradiance | x/xx | Noun | 
| wavelength | /x | Noun | 
| aerosols | /xx | Noun | 
| incidence | /xx | Noun | 
| diffusion | x/x | Noun | 
| bremsstrahlung | /// | Noun | 
| beta | /x | Noun | 
| dispersion | x/x | Noun | 
| reflection | x/x | Noun | 
| bombardment | x/x | Noun | 
| collider | x/x | Noun | 
| scintillation | /x/x | Noun | 
| electromagnetic radiation | xxxx/xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| reflectance | x/x | Noun | 
| birefringence | /x/x | Noun | 
| photoemission | xxx/x | Noun | 
| radiance | /xx | Noun | 
| cross section | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| interference | xx/x | Noun | 
| angle of refraction | /x/x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| gamma | /x | Noun | 
| ballistics | x/x | Noun | 
| transmittance | x/x | Noun | 
| gamma radiation | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| plasmon | x/ | Noun | 
| refraction | x/x | Noun | 
| directivity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| transmissivity | x//xx | Noun | 
| radioactivity | /xxx/xx | Noun | 
| scintillator | /xxx | Noun | 
| fluence | xx | Noun | 
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| polarization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| spectrum | /x | Noun | 
| fringing | /x | Noun | 
| incoherent | xx/x | Adjective | 
| acoustic | x/x | Adjective | 
| integrated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| extinction | x/x | Noun | 
| laser | /x | Adjective | 
| coherent | x/x | Adjective | 
| stochastic | x/x | Adjective | 
| enhanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| variation | xx/x | Noun | 
| dependence | x/x | Noun | 
| measurements | /xx | Noun | 
| ice | / | Noun | 
| myocardial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| minimize | /xx | Verb | 
| atmospheric | xx/x | Adjective | 
| characterization | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| beam | / | Noun | 
| absorption | x/x | Noun | 
| waves | / | Noun | 
| measured | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| optical | /xx | Adjective | 
| intensity | x/xx | Noun | 
| tissue | /x | Noun | 
| surface | /x | Noun | 
| reduces | x/x | Verb | 
| amount | x/ | Noun | 
| low | / | Adjective | 
| using | /x | Verb | 
| produces | x/x | Verb | 
| depends | x/ | Verb | 
| observed | x/ | Verb | 
| molecular | x/xx | Adjective | 
| mean | / | Adjective | 
| higher | /x | Adjective | 
| occurs | x/ | Verb | 
| increase | x/ | Noun | 
| maximum | /xx | Adjective | 
| strong | / | Adjective | 
| light | / | Noun | 
| areas | /xx | Noun | 
| energy | /xx | Noun | 
| effects | x/ | Noun | 
| caused | / | Verb | 
| changes | /x | Noun | 
| source | / | Noun | 
| analysis | x/xx | Noun | 
| relationship | x/xx | Noun | 
| direct | x/ | Adjective | 
| less | / | Adjective | 
| due | / | Adjective | 
| case | / | Noun | 
| level | /x | Noun | 
| absorbance | x/x | Noun | 
| anisotropy | xx/xx | Noun | 
| aperture | /xx | Noun | 
| capacitive | x/xx | Adjective | 
| cavity | /xx | Noun | 
| checkerboard | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| deflection | x/x | Noun | 
| emission | x/x | Noun | 
| epicardial | /x/xx | Adjective | 
| eyeball | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fluorescence | x/x | Noun | 
| fuzzy | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| gated | /x | Adjective | 
| golgi | /x | Name | 
| helium | /xx | Noun | 
| ionization | xxx/x | Noun | 
| ir | // | Name, Adjective | 
| jitter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| keyhole | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| luminosity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| pixel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| reflectivity | x//xx | Noun | 
| saturation | xx/x | Noun | 
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb | 
| collocation | xx/x | Noun | 
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dialect | /xx | Noun | 
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| headlines | /x | Noun | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| tell | / | Verb, Noun | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
