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ra·di·ate
(rā′dē-āt′)v. ra·di·at·ed, ra·di·at·ing, ra·di·ates
v.intr.
1. To send out rays or waves.
2. To issue or emerge in rays or waves: Heat radiated from the stove.
3. To extend in straight lines from or toward a center; diverge or converge like rays: Spokes radiate from a wheel hub.
4. To spread into new habitats and thereby diverge or diversify. Used of a group of organisms.
v.tr.
1. To emit (light or energy) in rays or waves.
2. To send or spread out from or as if from a center: a cactus that radiates spines.
3. To irradiate or illuminate (an object).
4. To manifest in a glowing manner: a leader who radiates confidence.
adj. (-ĭt)
1. Botany Having rays or raylike parts, as in the flower heads of daisies.
2. Biology Characterized by radial symmetry.
3. Surrounded with rays: a radiate head on a coin.
[Latin radiāre, radiāt-, to emit beams, from radius, ray; see ray1.]
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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. (Botany) (of a capitulum) consisting of ray florets
6. (Zoology) (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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ra•di•ate
(v. ˈreɪ diˌeɪt; adj. -ɪt, -ˌeɪt)v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.i.
1. to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
2. to emit rays, as of light or heat; irradiate.
3. to issue or proceed in rays.
4. (of persons) to project or glow with cheerfulness, joy, etc.
v.t. 5. to emit in rays; disseminate, as from a center.
6. (of persons) to project (joy, goodwill, etc.).
adj. 7. radiating from a center.
8. having rays extending from a central point or part.
9. radiating symmetrically.
[1610–20; < Latin radiātus, past participle of radiāre to radiate light, shine]
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radiate
- As an adjective, it means having rays or parts coming out of a center, from Latin radius, "ray, spoke."See also related terms for ray.
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radiate
Past participle: radiated
Gerund: radiating
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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| Verb | 1. | radiate - send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat" |
| 2. | radiate - send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness" | |
| 3. | radiate - extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" extend, run, lead, pass, go - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" | |
| 4. |  radiate - have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" | |
| 5. | radiate - cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating" cause to be perceived - have perceptible qualities glow - emit a steady even light without flames; "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden" | |
| 6. |  radiate - experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" | |
| 7. | radiate - issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box" | |
| 8. | radiate - spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" | |
| Adj. | 1. | radiate - arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways" symmetric, symmetrical - having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts |
| 2. | radiate - having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads" |
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radiate
verb
1. emit, spread, send out, disseminate, pour, shed, scatter, glitter, gleam Thermal imagery will show up objects radiating heat.
2. shine, beam, emanate, be diffused From here contaminated air radiates out to the open countryside.
3. show, display, demonstrate, exhibit, emanate, be a picture of, give off or out She radiates happiness and health.
4. spread out, issue, extend, diverge, branch out, fan out, split off the narrow streets which radiate from the Cathedral Square
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radiate
verb3. To extend over a wide area:
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Translations
يَتَشَعَّب ، يَبدأ، يَصْدُريُصْدِرُ ضَوءاً وَحَرارَه
sálatvycházetzářit
afgiveudgåudstråle
levitälevittäytyäsäteileväsäteilläsäteittäinen
osvijetlitiozračitizračiti
geislageisla, senda geisla út, stafa frá sér
išeiti spinduliaisradiacijaradiatoriusspinduliuotė
iet uz visām pusēmizstarotstarot
sálaťvyžarovať
radiate
[ˈreɪdɪeɪt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
radiate
[ˈreɪdieɪt]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
radiate
vi
→ Strahlen aussenden; (= emit heat) → Wärme ausstrahlen; (heat, light, energy) → ausgestrahlt werden
(lines, roads) → strahlenförmig ausgehen (from von)
vt heat, light → ausstrahlen; electric waves, energy also → abstrahlen; (fig) happiness, health, love → (förmlich) ausstrahlen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
radiate
[ˈreɪdɪˌeɪt]1. vt (heat) → irraggiare, irradiare (fig) (happiness) → irraggiare
2. vi to radiate from → irraggiarsi da, irradiarsi da
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
radiate
(ˈreidieit) verb1. to send out rays of (light, heat etc). A fire radiates heat.
2. to go out or be sent out in rays, or in many directions from a central point. Heat radiates from a fire; All the roads radiate from the centre of the town.
ˌradiˈation noun rays of light, heat etc or of any radioactive substance.
ˈradiator noun1. a type of apparatus for heating a room.
2. an apparatus in a car which, with a fan, cools the engine.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ra·di·ate
v. irradiar, expandirse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
radiate
vi (pain) irradiar(se)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.