radiate

Radiate is defined as to give off heat or light, or extend out from a shared center.

(verb)

  1. An example of radiate is heat and light coming from a camp fire.
  2. An example of radiate are petals extending from the center of a flower.

The definition of radiate is something with rays that come from a shared center.

(adjective)

An example of radiate is the appearance of petals in a flower; radiate formation of petals.

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See radiate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb radiated, radiating

  1. to send out rays of heat, light, etc.; be radiant
  2. to come forth or spread out in rays: heat radiating from a stove
  3. to branch out in lines from a center: highways radiating from a city

Origin: < L radiatus, pp. of radiare, to radiate < radius, ray: see radius

transitive verb

  1. to send out (heat, light, etc.) in rays
  2. to give forth or spread (happiness, love, etc.) as if from a center

adjective

  1. having rays or raylike parts; radial
  2. Bot. having ray flowers or florets
  3. Zool. having radial symmetry, as a jellyfish

See radiate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ra·di·at·ed, ra·di·at·ing, ra·di·ates
verb, intransitive
  1. To send out rays or waves.
  2. To issue or emerge in rays or waves: Heat radiated from the stove.
  3. To extend in straight lines from or toward a center; diverge or converge like rays: Spokes radiate from a wheel hub.
  4. Ecology To spread into new habitats and thereby diverge or diversify. Used of a group of organisms.
verb, transitive
  1. To emit (light, for example) in or as if in rays.
  2. To send or spread out from or as if from a center: a cactus that radiates spines.
  3. To irradiate or illuminate (an object).
  4. To manifest in a glowing manner: a leader who radiates confidence.
adjective (-ĭt)
  1. Botany Having rays or raylike parts, as in the flower heads of daisies.
  2. Biology Characterized by radial symmetry.
  3. Surrounded with rays: a radiate head on a coin.

Origin:

Origin: Latin radiāre, radiāt-, to emit beams

Origin: , from radius, ray

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Related Forms:

  • raˈdi·aˌtive adjective

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