Usually means: Radiation absorbed dose measurement unit.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. rads: Merriam-Webster
  2. rads: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rads: Vocabulary.com
  4. Rad's, Rads, rads: Wordnik
  5. rads: Wiktionary
  6. rads: Dictionary.com
  7. RADS (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Rads: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rads: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rads: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Rads: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. RADS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rads: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. RADS: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (RAD)

noun:  (metrology) A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.
noun:  A political radical.
adjective:  (slang, dated) Clipping of radical; excellent. [Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.]
noun:  Abbreviation of radian. [(geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad.]
noun:  (automotive, plumbing, slang) Abbreviation of radiator. [Anything which radiates or emits rays.]
noun:  (firearms, slang) Abbreviation of sight radius. [(firearms) The distance between the front and rear sights of a firearm.]
noun:  (business, countable) Initialism of role activity diagram. [(business) A diagram illustrating the roles of people, teams, etc. in an organization and how they interact with each other and in response to external events.]
noun:  (computing, uncountable) Initialism of rapid application development.
noun:  (medicine) Initialism of reactive attachment disorder. [(medicine, psychology, pediatrics) A rare but serious condition in which an infant or young child fails to establish healthy attachments with parents or caregivers.]
noun:  (NASA, space science) Initialism of Radiation Assessment Detector (a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover at Mars.)
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