radiate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).
Verb[edit]
radiate (third-person singular simple present radiates, present participle radiating, simple past and past participle radiated)
- To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
- (transitive) To emit rays or waves.
- The stove radiates heat.
- (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
- The heat radiates from a stove.
- (transitive) To illuminate.
- To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
- (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
- (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to expose to radiation): irradiate
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Translations[edit]
to expose to ionizing radiation
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to spread into new habitats
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Adjective[edit]
radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)
- Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
- a radiate crystal
- Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
- (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
- (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
- (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
Translations[edit]
having parts radiating from the center
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having by radial symmetry
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Noun[edit]
radiate (plural radiates)
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External links[edit]
- radiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- radiate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- radiate at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Esperanto[edit]
Adverb[edit]
radiate
- present adverbial passive participle of radii
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
radiate
- second-person plural present subjunctive of radere
- second-person plural present indicative of radiare
- second-person plural imperative of radiare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare
- Feminine plural of radiato
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Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
radiāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of radiō
