Radiate
['reɪdɪeɪt] or ['redɪet]
Definition
(verb.) send out real or metaphoric rays; 'She radiates happiness'.
(verb.) issue or emerge in rays or waves; 'Heat radiated from the metal box'.
(verb.) cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; 'The sun is radiating'.
(verb.) extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; 'spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel'; 'This plants radiate spines in all directions'.
(verb.) send out rays or waves; 'The sun radiates heat'.
(adj.) having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies .
Typist: Rosa--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
(v. i.) To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.
(v. t.) To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.
(v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
(a.) Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
(a.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
(a.) Belonging to the Radiata.
(n.) One of the Radiata.
Typed by Benjamin
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Shine, gleam, emit rays.[2]. Issue in rays, emanate in rays.[3]. Emit heat, throw off heat.
v. a. Emit (heat or light) in straight lines.
a. [1]. (Bot.) Radiant.[2]. (Zoöl.) Radiated.
Editor: Rochelle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shine, sparkle, gleam, emanate, coruscate, shimmer,[See SHINE]
Typist: Waldo
Definition
v.i. to emit rays of light: to shine: to proceed in direct lines from any point or surface.—v.t. to send out in rays: to furnish with rays.—adjs. Rā′diāte -d formed of rays diverging from a centre: (bot.) consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular: (min.) having crystals diverging from a centre: belonging to the Radiata: in coins represented with rays proceeding from a centre as a head or bust.—adv. Rā′diately in a radiate manner: with radiation from a centre.—adj. Rādiā′tiform having the appearance of being radiate.—adv. Rā′diatingly.—n. Rādiā′tion act of radiating: the emission and diffusion of rays of light or heat.—adj. Rā′diative.—n. Rā′diator a body which radiates or emits rays of light or heat: a part of a heating apparatus for a room.—adj. Rā′diatory.—ns. Rādioflagell′ata marine animalcules; Rā′diograph an instrument by which solar radiation is measured.—adj. Rādiolā′rian pertaining to the ooze at the bottom of the sea composed of the shells of Radiolā′rians a class of marine rhizopod Protozoa so called from their having thread-like processes of living matter radiating outwards on all sides.—ns. Rādī′olus one of the barbules of the main shaft of a feather; Rādiom′eter an instrument consisting of four horizontal arms of very fine glass carefully poised so as to revolve easily on a point the whole contained in a glass vessel almost exhausted of air—the arms move round under light or heat more or less swiftly according to the strength of the rays.—adj. Rādiomet′ric.—ns. Rādiomicrom′eter an instrument for measuring very small amounts of heat; Rā′diophone an instrument for producing or transmitting sound by heat-rays.—adj. Rādiophon′ic.—ns. Rādiophon′ics Rā′diophony the production of sound by radiant heat; Rā′dium a rare element whose radiations act upon photographic plates and have properties like the X-rays.
Inputed by Gerard
Examples
- The roots radiate a short distance below the surface of the ground and there is no stabilizer in the shape of a tap root such as in other woods. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Five of these great thoroughfares radiate from one ample centre--a centre which is exceedingly well adapted to the accommodation of heavy artillery. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Professor Hertz proved in 1888 that a spark, or disruptive discharge of electricity, caused electro-magnetic waves to radiate away in all directions through the ether. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The waves acted exactly like ripples that radiate from a stone when it strikes the water. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The arms are formed by curved partitions between the discs, which radiate from the centre to the outer rim, towards which the space between the discs is contracted. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I can talk to two or three persons; but when there are more they radiate some unknown form of influence which paralyzes my vocal cords. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The amount of heat lost by a body is in proportion to the radiating surface of that body. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These are the spectrum colors often seen radiating from a diamond. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Rainier and commands a wonderful view of that mountain, on which there is situated one of the largest glacial systems in the world radiating from any single peak. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If the radiating surface should be reduced to three-thirty-seconds of an inch, the temperature would reach 6400 degrees Fahr. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But there she stood, pale and drawn, yet radiating the factitious energy of one who has passed beyond fatigue. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- They thus make a sharper shadow than when radiating from the more extended surface of the glass. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In Fig. 81 is shown the celebrated Corliss cut-off and valve gear, in which a central wrist plate and four radiating rods work the valves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Some were distant, and stood in a dense atmosphere, so that bundles of pale straw-like beams radiated around them in the shape of a fan. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But they also mean cold nights, because for the same reason that the heat comes abundantly to the earth, it will be abundantly radiated away. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was necessary to feel every foot of the way back with my hand against the side wall, that I might not pass the spot where the five roads radiated. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Antony wore a crown in Egypt, and the Roman emperors also wore crowns of various forms, from the plain golden fillet to the radiated or rayed crown. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He wanted what a nation wanted: his own power radiated power; he embodied a vision; Tom, Dick and Harry moved with his movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Of course, when Light is radiated in great quantities not quite these temperatures would be reached. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And enjoyment radiates. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The absence of air prevents the filament from burning, and it merely glows and radiates the light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Editor: Maggie