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radiate

[v. rey-dee-eyt; adj. rey-dee-it, -eyt]

Example Sentences

verb (used without object)

to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.

to emit rays, as of light or heat; irradiate.

to issue or proceed in rays.

(of persons) to project or glow with cheerfulness, joy, etc.: She simply radiates with good humor.

verb (used with object)

to emit in rays; disseminate, as from a center.

(of persons) to project (joy, goodwill, etc.).

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adjective

radiating from a center.

having rays extending from a central point or part: a coin showing a radiate head.

radiating symmetrically.

Origin:
1610–20; < Latin radiātus (past participle of radiāre to radiate light, shine). See radiant, -ate¹

Related forms

ra·di·a·ble, adjective

ra·di·a·bil·i·ty, ra·di·a·ble·ness, noun

ra·di·a·bly, ra·di·ate·ly, adverb

an·ti·ra·di·at·ing, adjective

in·ter·ra·di·ate, verb (used without object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

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mul·ti·ra·di·ate, adjective

mul·ti·ra·di·at·ed, adjective

non·ra·di·at·ing, adjective

re·ra·di·ate, verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.

sub·ra·di·ate, adjective

un·ra·di·at·ed, adjective

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Example Sentences

Now its brick facade and brown steel doors radiate dispiritedness, and state.

Truth's speakers don't often radiate handsome honesty.

He must also radiate confidence, even when he himself is not too certain of the outcome”.

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Now its brick facade and brown steel doors radiate dispiritedness, and state.

Truth's speakers don't often radiate handsome honesty.

He must also radiate confidence, even when he himself is not too certain of the outcome”.

Two orbiting white dwarfs radiate gravitational waves, as seen in an artist's conception.

Snow does not radiate away more heat than darker earth.

All lines radiate from that and one of the two individuals is likely involved.

These branches should be well spaced along the trunk and should radiate in different directions so they don't shade each other.

While the rave-up sounds radiate anarchic charm, the cool visuals.

AS he tells his tale, his big, brown eyes radiate excitement.

If you work up a sweat shortly after applying a scented deoderant in the morning, the deoderant smell can radiate fairly widely.

Despite their physical smallness, both the old and the new tintypes radiate an astonishing grace and dignity.

Warm yellows and oranges radiate from the deeply pigmented walls as scatterings of light illuminate the pale spires.

Just as changing electric currents radiate radio waves, radio waves induce electric currents in conducting materials.

From there, it leads to a respect for other places that radiate a similar sense of specificity.

Diode heat pipes burrowed into the extraordinarily insulated spacecraft will radiate internal heat from all the electronics.

Pain may also radiate to the back or occur under the shoulder blades, behind the breast bone, or on the left side.

Ribbons of red rear-lights stretch off into the distance along the highways that radiate from the city's centre.

The space station is powered by solar panels and cooled by loops that radiate heat away from the modules.

Cell phones and towers radiate energy to transmit information which is by definition radiation.

The high-speed orbit of these dense binaries causes ripples of energy to radiate out from the system.

Pain also may radiate to the back or occur under the shoulder blades, behind the breast bone, or on the left side.

Elephants evolved huge floppy ears to radiate heat back into their surroundings.

Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes that isn't enough.

Even the oceans radiate in that part of the spectrum.

Tap successfully and objects radiate out from where the dot had been.

He wanted a name that would radiate strength and credibility, something with a dawn-of-an-era feel.

Typical mobile-phone transmitters in urban areas radiate between five and ten watts.

Moreover, it must radiate energy back into space as quickly as it receives it.

After the fires of their birth, neutron stars slowly cool over millions of years as they radiate photons.

Bright blinking lights radiate from blob-shaped windows built into its steel-plate surface.

Martin's columns and writings radiate a profound exuberance in the constant novelty of human thought.

But even then the low brain will not leave us alone for it will radiate boredom if time is not spent in pursuit of what it wants.

Francis seeming to glow and radiate as he ministers to the living.

Arctic waters that are not ice covered actually radiate more heat than those covered in ice.

The other is sending its private citizens to build trust, radiate through the people and build long-lasting businesses.

The hot water circulates through pipes to radiators or heating panels that radiate the heat into the rooms.

They are hollow and they neither radiate nor act with any other matter.

His stories radiate a conviction that you can eavesdrop on any life and find something worth hearing.

Warm up the sky overhead and the surface of the ocean doesn't radiate as much heat at night.

Japanese sportswear began to radiate a different, altogether groovy kind of aura.

Greenhouse gases change that balance by reducing the amount of energy that can radiate into space.

The actors radiate health even when made up to look pallid.

Both the dining room and adjoining bar radiate a haimish vibe.

But they also radiate a wholesome youthfulness that comes from the overwhelming sense that they are having so much fun onstage.

These are pinhead-sized red spots from which tiny blood vessels radiate.

Some fighters radiate danger, their transparent intensity mesmerizing crowds.

One of them is that the dead still radiate an astonishing amount of human presence.

Stark portraits of a woman in elaborate clothes, posed in front of a mottled gray backdrop, they radiate glamour and desire.

The blond wood floors and cane ceilings radiate tranquillity, but the food on the crazy-looking plates is nervy and fresh.

And the financial shock waves are only beginning to radiate outward to the rest of the global economy.

The stucco walls and the garden's tile paving absorb heat by day and radiate it back to the plants at night.

Her books radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting.

The pain also may radiate to the knee, confusing the diagnosis.

In a printed engraving finished with pen and ink, bands of color radiate in a kind of visionary.

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World English Dictionary

radiate

—vb
1.	Also: eradiate to emit (heat, light, or some other form of radiation) or (of heat, light, etc) to be emitted as radiation
2.	(intr) (of lines, beams, etc) to spread out from a centre or be arranged in a radial pattern
3.	(tr) (of a person) to show (happiness, health, etc) to a great degree

—*adj*
4.	having rays; radiating
5.	(of a capitulum) consisting of ray florets
6.	(of animals or their parts) showing radial symmetry
7.	adorned or decorated with rays: a radiate head on a coin

[C17: from Latin radiāre to emit rays]

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Medical Dictionary

radiate ra·di·ate (rā'dē-āt')
v. ra·di·at·ed, ra·di·at·ing, ra·di·ates

To spread out in all directions from a center.
To emit or be emitted as radiation.

ra'di·a'tive adj.

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