radiate

UK /ˈɹeɪdieɪt/ US /ˈɹeɪdieɪt/
verb 5adj 5noun 1

Definitions

verb

1

To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

Crewe North Motive Power Depot is to be modernised completely. This includes the provision of a new coaling plant, ash handling plant, and two new locomotive sheds of the latest roundhouse type, each with 32 roads radiating from a 70-ft. dia. turntable.

Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.

2

To emit rays or waves.

The stove radiates heat.

3

To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

The heat radiates from a stove.

Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.

4

To illuminate.

5

To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.

adj

1

Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

a radiate crystal

2

Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture; (heraldry) radiant.

[…] and (2) the radiate or Eastern crown, usually five rays being shown. The see of Ely bears the apocryphal coat of St. Ethelreda: gules, three open crowns or. Azure, three open crowns or, are the arms of[…]

On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné four lightning flashes barbed radiate pilewise of the first, a Roman helm or garnished gules.

3

Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.

4

Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.

5

Having radial symmetry, like a sea star.

noun

1

One of the Radiata.

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