radiant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French radiant, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin radians, radiantis, present participle of radiare (“to emit rays or beams”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdi.ənt/

Adjective

radiant (comparative more radiant, superlative most radiant)

1. Radiating light and/or heat.

   the radiant sun

2. Emitted as radiation.
3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness.

   a radiant face

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     His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil !  You !  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

4. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
5. (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.

   the sun radiant;  a crown radiant

6. (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.

Translations

radiating light and/or heat

• Armenian: պայծառ (hy) (paycaṙ)
• Catalan: radiant
• Finnish: säteilevä (fi)
• Italian: radiante (it)
• Javanese: sumunar (jv)
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• Latin: radians (la)
• Persian: تابناک (fa) (tâbnâk)
• Russian: светя́щийся (ru) (svetjáščijsja), лучеза́рный (ru) (lučezárnyj), сия́ющий (ru) (sijájuščij)
• Spanish: radiante
• Swedish: strålande (sv)

emitted as radiation

• Russian: лучи́стый (ru) (lučístyj)
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beaming with vivacity and happiness

• Catalan: radiant
• Finnish: säteilevä (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گەش (geş)

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• Persian: درخشنده (fa) (deraxšande), تابناک (fa) (tâbnâk)
• Portuguese: radiante (pt)
• Russian: я́ркий (ru) (járkij) (bright), пыла́ющий (ru) (pylájuščij), сверка́ющий (ru) (sverkájuščij)
• Spanish: radiante

Noun

radiant (plural radiants)

1. A point source from which radiation is emitted.
2. (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
3. (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Translations

point source of radiation

• Finnish: säteilylähde
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• Russian: излуча́тель (ru) m (izlučátelʹ)

the apparent origin of a meteor shower

• Catalan: radiant m
• Japanese: 放射点 (ほうしゃてん, hōshaten), 輻射点 (ふくしゃてん, fukushaten)
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• Russian: радиа́нт (ru) m (radiánt)
• Spanish: punto radiante m

Anagrams

• anti-rad, antirad, intrada, itardan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

radiant

1. present participle of radier

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) radiant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of radiō