rem — [ rɛm ] n. m. • 1952; acronyme de l angl. Röntgen Equivalent Man « équivalent homme de Röntgen » ♦ Métrol. Ancienne unité de mesure de dose de radiation absorbée par un organisme vivant, égale à 10 2 sievert (symb. rem). ⊗ HOM. Rhème. ● rem nom… … Encyclopédie Universelle
REM — or Rem may refer to:*R.E.M., an American rock band * R.E.M. (EP), an EP by Green *Rém, a village in Hungary *REM sleep, a normal stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eyes *REM Island, home of 1964 pirate stations Radio and TV… … Wikipedia
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Rem — Röntgen equivalent man Pour les articles homonymes, voir REM. Le rem (symbole rem) tire son nom de l abréviation « Röntgen Equivalent Man » et est une ancienne unité d équivalent de dose de radiation. Le rem vaut Q rad, où Q est le… … Wikipédia en Français
rem — a unit used for measuring the effective (or equivalent ) dose of radiation received by a human or some other living organism. One rem is equal to 0.01 sievert (Sv) or 10 millisieverts, which means it equals the actual dose received in rads… … Dictionary of units of measurement
rem — n. roentgen equivalent man: a former unit dose of ionizing radiation equal to the dose that gives the same biological effect as that due to one roentgen of X rays. The rem has been replaced by the sievert … The new mediacal dictionary
rem — noun (plural same) a unit of effective absorbed dose of ionizing radiation in human tissue, loosely equivalent to one roentgen of X rays. Origin 1940s: acronym from roentgen equivalent man … English new terms dictionary
Collective dose — is a measure of the total amount of effective dose multiplied by the size of the exposed population. Collective dose is usually measured in units of person rem or person sieverts, or man rem or man sievert. References European Nuclear Society… … Wikipedia
Equivalent dose — The equivalent absorbed radiation dose, usually shortened to equivalent dose, is a computed average measure of the radiation absorbed by a fixed mass of biological tissue, that attempts to account for the different biological damage potential of… … Wikipedia
Roentgen equivalent man — Named after Wilhelm Röntgen (German scientist, 1845 1923), the roentgen equivalent in man (or mammal[1]) or rem (symbol rem) is a unit of radiation dose equivalent. It is the product of the absorbed dose in rads and a weighting factor, WR, which… … Wikipedia
Röntgen equivalent man — Pour les articles homonymes, voir REM. Le rem (symbole rem) est une ancienne unité de mesure pour la dose équivalente et la dose efficace. Il tire son nom de l abréviation « Röntgen Equivalent Man ». Il est maintenant officiellement… … Wikipédia en Français