3 entries under this word

Radiate

Rā'di-āte, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. RADIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. RADIATING.] [Lat. radiare, radiatum, from radius, ray; It. radiare, Sp. radiar.]

To issue and proceed in direct lines from a point or surface, as heat or light.
To issue in rays, as light; to dart, as beams of brightness; to shine.

Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes. Locke. 3. To emit rays; to be radiant.

Rā'di-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat. 2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [Rare.]

Rā'di-ate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. radiatus, p. p. of radiare; It. radiato, Sp. radiado. See supra.]

Sense 1. Formed of rays diverging from a center; as, a radiate mineral; having the parts of a structure arranged radiately about a center; as, a radiate animal.

Sense 2. (Bot.) Having large ray-florets in a flower distinct from disk-florets, as in the aster, daisy, and the like.

Sense 3. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Radiata.