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radiate
[ verb rey-dee-eyt; adjective rey-dee-it, -eyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- to emit rays, as of light or heat; irradiate.
- to issue or proceed in rays.
- (of persons) to project or glow with cheerfulness, joy, etc.:
She simply radiates with good humor.
verb (used with object)
- to emit in rays; disseminate, as from a center.
- (of persons) to project (joy, goodwill, etc.).
adjective
- radiating from a center.
- having rays extending from a central point or part:
a coin showing a radiate head.
- radiating symmetrically.
radiate
verb
- Alsoeradiate to emit (heat, light, or some other form of radiation) or (of heat, light, etc) to be emitted as radiation
- intr (of lines, beams, etc) to spread out from a centre or be arranged in a radial pattern
- tr (of a person) to show (happiness, health, etc) to a great degree
adjective
- having rays; radiating
- (of a capitulum) consisting of ray florets
- (of animals or their parts) showing radial symmetry
- adorned or decorated with rays
a radiate head on a coin
Other Words From
- radi·a·ble adjective
- radi·a·bili·ty radi·a·ble·ness noun
- radi·a·bly radi·ate·ly adverb
- anti·radi·ating adjective
- inter·radi·ate verb (used without object) interradiated interradiating
- multi·radi·ate adjective
- multi·radi·ated adjective
- non·radi·ating adjective
- re·radi·ate verb reradiated reradiating
- sub·radi·ate adjective
- un·radi·ated adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of radiate1
Example Sentences
As clouds, depending on their type and height, both shield solar radiation and prevent heat from being radiated into space, they play a crucial role in the climate.
Instead of linear polymer strands, Cai's structure resembles a bottlebrush -- many flexible side chains radiating out from a central backbone.
Joy radiates from every fiber of his being.
The 12th century “Stavelot Retable,” loaned by Paris’ Cluny Museum, shows the Christian Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the 12 apostles, courtesy of beams of light radiating from above.
The meteors will appear to radiate from the head of the lion, just above Regulus.
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