Radiant definition
Showing pleasure, love, well-being, vitality, etc.; beaming.
A radiant smile.
adjective
Transmitting light, heat, or other radiation. Stars, for example, are radiant bodies.
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Issuing (from a source) in or as in rays; radiated.
Radiant energy.
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An object or point from which light or heat rays are emitted.
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Consisting of or emitted as radiation.
Radiant heat.
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Emitting heat or light.
A radiant star.
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Sending out rays of light; shining brightly.
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Filled with light; bright.
A radiant morning.
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The point or object from which heat or light emanates.
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(astron.) The point on the celestial sphere from which a shower of meteors appears to come.
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Consisting of or transmitted as radiation.
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The apparent celestial origin of a meteor shower. For example, a point in the constellation Gemini is the radiant of the Geminid meteor shower.
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The definition of radiant is glowing, bright and sending out rays.
An example of radiant is the beam on a woman's face when she finds out she is having a baby.
An example of radiant is heat that comes from one source and spreads out to warm a wider area.
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Showing or expressing vitality or joy.
Radiant eyes; a radiant smile.
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Splendid; glorious.
Radiant beauty; a radiant future.
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Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
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(botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
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A point source from which radiation is emitted.
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Filled with light shining especially as rays; brightly shining.
A radiant morning.
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(astronomy) The apparent celestial origin of a meteoric shower.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
radiant
Plural:
radiants