radiant

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Synonyms: radian, radicant, radians, radint

Antonyms: radian, radicant, radians, radint

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Adjective

1. [[radiate|Radiating]] [[light]] and/or [[heat]].
2. [[emit|Emitted]] as [[radiation]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} Beaming with [[vivacity]] and [[happiness]].
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} Strikingly [[beautiful]].
5. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
6. {{lb|en|heraldry|of a [[bearing]]}} Giving off [[ray]]s.
7. {{lb|en|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.

Noun

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

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