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radiating

Variant of radiate

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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