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English

Adjective

radiant

Radiate|Radiating light and/or heat.
Emitted as radiation.
Bright, glowing or filled with light.

Translations

Finnish: säteilevä (1,3)

Noun

radiant

A point source from which radiation is emitted.
(astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.

Translations

Finnish: säteilylähde (1)

fa:radiant fr:radiant io:radiant hu:radiant ta:radiant te:radiant vi:radiant zh:radiant

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Radiant \Ra"di*ant\, n.
1. (Opt.) The luminous point or object from which light
emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly.
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2. (Geom.) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or
fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
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3. (Astron.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent
paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or
whence they appear to radiate.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Radiant \Ra"di*ant\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*ant), a. [L. radians, -antis,
p. pr. of radiare to emit rays or beams, fr. radius ray: cf.
F. radiant. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.]
1. Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays;
radiating; radiate.
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2. Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat;
issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness;
emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun.
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Mark what radiant state she spreads. --Milton.
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3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
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4. (Her.) Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun
radiant; a crown radiant.
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5. (Bot.) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal
flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of
the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
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6. (Physics) Emitted or transmitted by radiation; as, a
radiant energy; radiant heat.
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Radiant energy (Physics), energy given out or transmitted
by radiation, as in the case of light and radiant heat.

Radiant heat, heat proceeding in right lines, or directly
from the heated body, after the manner of light, in
distinction from heat conducted or carried by intervening
media.

Radiant point. (Astron.) See Radiant, n., 3.
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WordNet radiant
adj : radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the
effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent
sunset" [syn: beaming, beamy, effulgent, refulgent]

Moby Dictionary
ablaze , aerolite , aglow , alight , all-knowing , all-powerful ,
all-seeing , all-wise , almighty , arbor , axis , axle , axle bar ,
axle shaft , axle spindle , axle-tree , beaming , beamy , beatific ,
beatified , blazing , blessed , blissful , blithe , blithesome ,
blooming , blushing , bolide , boundless , bright , bright and sunny ,
brilliant , bubbling , bubbly , burning , candescent , capering ,
changeless , charismatic , cheerful , cheery , chirping , chondrite ,
coruscating , cosmic dust , creating , creative , dancing , dazzling ,
delighted , devastating , distaff , divine , ecstatic , effulgent ,
elated , eternal , eternally the same , eupeptic , euphoric ,
everlasting , exalted , exhilarated , exultant , fireball , flushed ,
flushed with joy , flushing , fulcrum , fulgent , gay , genial , gimbal ,
glad , gladsome , glamorous , gleaming , gleamy , gleeful , glinting ,
glistening , glittering , glorious , glossy , glowing , good , gorgeous ,
gudgeon , hallowed , happy , heavenly , high , highest , hinge , hingle ,
holy , hopeful , hub , illuminant , illustrious , immortal , immutable ,
in good spirits , in heaven , in high spirits , in seventh heaven ,
incandescent , infinite , irradiative , irrepressible , joyful , joyous ,
jubilant , just , killing , lambent , lamping , laughing , leaping ,
light as day , limitless , loving , lucent , luciferous , lucific ,
luciform , luminant , luminative , luminiferous , luminificent ,
luminous , lustrous , magic , majestic , making , mandrel , merciful ,
meteor , meteor crater , meteor dust , meteor shower , meteor swarm ,
meteor trail , meteor train , meteoric shower , meteorite , meteoroid ,
meteorolite , micrometeorite , micrometeoroid , nave , numinous ,
oarlock , of good cheer , omnipotent , omnipresent , omniscient ,
on cloud nine , one , optimistic , orient , overjoyed , permanent ,
perpetual , phosphorescent , pin , pintle , pivot , pleasant , pole ,
purring , radiant point , rapturous , raving , ravishing , refulgent ,
resplendent , rhapsodic , riant , rosy , rowlock , rutilant , rutilous ,
sacred , sanguine , sanguineous , scintillating , shaping , shimmering ,
shining , shiny , shooting star , siderite , siderolite , singing ,
smiling , smirking , sovereign , sparkling , spindle , splendent ,
splendid , splendorous , splendrous , starbright , starlike , starry ,
starry-eyed , streaming , stunning , sublime , suffused , sunny ,
sunshiny , supreme , swivel , tektite , thrice happy , timeless ,
trunnion , twinkling , ubiquitous , unbounded , unchanging , undefined ,
unlimited , winsome

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