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radiant
[ rey-dee-uhnt ]
adjective
- emitting rays of light; shining; bright:
the radiant sun;
radiant colors.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- bright with joy, hope, etc.:
radiant smiles;
a radiant future.
- Physics. emitted or propagated by radiation.
- Heraldry.
- noting a partition line having a series of flamelike indentations formed by ogees joined in zigzags; rayonny.
- (of a charge, as an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.
radiant
/ ˈɪɪəԳ /
adjective
- sending out rays of light; bright; shining
- characterized by health, intense joy, happiness, etc
a radiant countenance
- emitted or propagated by or as radiation; radiated
radiant heat
- sending out heat by radiation
a radiant heater
- physics (of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated by absolute energy measurements Compare luminous
radiant flux
radiant efficiency
noun
- a point or object that emits radiation, esp the part of a heater that gives out heat
- astronomy the point in space from which a meteor shower appears to emanate
radiant
Adjective
- Transmitting light, heat, or other radiation. Stars, for example, are radiant bodies.
- Consisting of or transmitted as radiation.
Noun
- The apparent celestial origin of a meteor shower. For example, a point in the constellation Gemini is the radiant of the Geminid meteor shower.
Derived Forms
- ˈ徱Գٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- d·Գ· adverb
- t·d·Գ adjective
- ԴDz·d·Գ adjective
- non·d·Գ· adverb
- p·d·Գ adjective
- ܲ·d·Գ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of radiant1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In the painting, a young girl — engulfed in a radiant glow — points her finger at a general standing before her.
They are named after the constellation Lyra and the radiant position, which is where the meteors appear to emanate from, is south-west of the star Vega.
She is the radiant center of “Regency Girls.”
“A branch factory in occupied Czechoslovakia ensured that the troops pushing eastward, brutalizing and murdering, burning entire villages to the ground, could do so with radiant teeth,” Dunthorne writes, combining ironic detachment with horror.
One seller said most of his customers were buying creams to make their babies "glow", or to look "radiant and shiny".
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