radiate
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[edit] English
[edit] Verb
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to 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.
[edit] Synonyms
- (to expose to radiation): irradiate
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to illuminate
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to expose to ionizing radiation
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to spread into new habitats
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[edit] Adjective
radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)
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- radiating from a center.
- surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
- (botany) having parts radiating from the center, such as the petals in many flowers.
- (biology) having radial symmetry, such as a seastar.
[edit] Translations
having parts radiating from the center
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having by radial symmetry
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[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of aadeirt
- airdate
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
radiate
- second person plural present subjunctive of radere
- Second-person plural present tense of radiare.
- Second-person plural imperative of radiare.
- Second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare.
- Feminine plural of radiato.
