radiate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪdieɪt/
- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪdieɪt/, /ˈɹeɪdi.ət/
Verb
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.
- 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
- Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.
- 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
- (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.
- John Locke
- Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
- (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
- (to expose to radiation): irradiate
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to emit rays or waves
to come out or proceed in rays
to expose to ionizing radiation
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to spread into new habitats
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Adjective
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
having parts radiating from the center
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having by radial symmetry
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Further reading
- radiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- radiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- radiate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Esperanto
Italian
Verb
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
Latin
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