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radiant

[rey-dee-uhnt]

adjective

  1. emitting rays of light; shining; bright.

    the radiant sun;

    radiant colors.

    Synonyms: , ,
    Antonyms:
  2. bright with joy, hope, etc..

    radiant smiles;

    a radiant future.

  3. Physics.emitted or propagated by radiation.

  4. Heraldry.

    1. noting a partition line having a series of flamelike indentations formed by ogees joined in zigzags; rayonny.

    2. (of a charge, as an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.



noun

  1. a point or object from which rays proceed.

  2. Astronomy.the point in the heavens from which a shower of meteors appears to radiate.

  3. a refractory absorbing and radiating heat from the flames of a gas fireplace or the like.

radiant

/ ˈɪɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. sending out rays of light; bright; shining

  2. characterized by health, intense joy, happiness, etc

    a radiant countenance

  3. emitted or propagated by or as radiation; radiated

    radiant heat

  4. sending out heat by radiation

    a radiant heater

  5. physics (of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated by absolute energy measurements Compare luminous

    radiant flux

    radiant efficiency

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a point or object that emits radiation, esp the part of a heater that gives out heat

  2. astronomy the point in space from which a meteor shower appears to emanate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

radiant

  1. Transmitting light, heat, or other radiation. Stars, for example, are radiant bodies.

  2. Consisting of or transmitted as radiation.

  1. The apparent celestial origin of a meteor shower. For example, a point in the constellation Gemini is the radiant of the Geminid meteor shower.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • radiantly adverb
  • antiradiant adjective
  • nonradiant adjective
  • nonradiantly adverb
  • superradiant adjective
  • unradiant adjective
  • ˈ徱Գٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of radiant1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin radiant-, stem of 徱Բ “shining,” present participle of “to radiate light, shine,” verb derivative of radius “beam, ray”; radius
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of radiant1

C15: from Latin to shine, from radius ray of light, radius
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Synonym Study

See bright.
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There will be a chance of seeing the showers whenever the radiant point in the constellation Boötes is above the horizon.

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Hanging, inevitably, over the weekend’s celebration was the current occupant of the Oval Office, a boiling black cloud compared to the radiant and sunshiny Reagan.

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When applied to the face, it can result in a soft, radiant, even-toned complexion.

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“She was a radiant, joyful, driven, and compassionate woman who touched countless lives across the country from her hometown of Atlanta, GA, to LA.”

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His pierogi are humble and radiant at once — an invitation to see the form not as a leftover, but a canvas.

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