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Dictionary: ra·di·ate   ('dē-āt') pronunciation

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -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. Ecology. To spread into new habitats and thereby diverge or diversify. Used of a group of organisms.
v.tr.
  1. To emit (light, for example) in or as if in rays.
  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.]

radiative ra'di·a'tive adj.

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verb

  1. To emit a bright light: beam, blaze1, burn, gleam, glow, incandesce, shine. See light/darkness.
  2. To send out heat, light, or energy: cast, emit, irradiate, project, shed, throw. See move/halt.
  3. To extend over a wide area: circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, scatter, spread, strew. See move/halt, wide/narrow.

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v

Definition: give off; scatter
Antonyms: collect, gather


Dental Dictionary: radiate
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(rā′dē-āt)
v

1. to diverge or spread from a common point; to arrange in a radiating manner. v 2. to expose to radiation, as x-radiation.


[Ar]

Type of Roman imperial coinage on which the emperor is depicted wearing a radiate or solar crown, typical of the 3rd century ad. See also barbarous radiate.

1. to diverge or spread from a common point.
2. arranged in a radiating manner.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - udstråle
v. tr. - bestråle
adj. - stråleformet

Nederlands (Dutch)
stralen, uitstralen, straalsgewijs uitlopen(d), gestraald, stervormig

Français (French)
v. intr. - rayonner, émaner de qn, rayonner (à partir) de qch, (Phys) rayonner (chaleur), irradier (la lumière)
v. tr. - rayonner, briller de, (Phys) émettre
adj. - (Bot) à rayons (fleur), (Zool) à symétrie radiale

Deutsch (German)
v. - strahlen, ausstrahlen, (übertr.) strahlen (vor Freude, Glück)
adj. - strahlig, Strahl(en)...

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ακτινοβολώ/-ούμαι, διαχέω ή εκπέμπω ακτίνες, εκτείνω/-ομαι ακτινοειδώς, (μτφ.) λάμπω (από χαρά κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
risplendere, irradiare, diffondere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - irradiar, propagar-se

Русский (Russian)
излучать, лучиться, расходиться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - irradiar, radiar
v. tr. - brillar, estar radiante, resplandecer, irradiar, emitir
adj. - radiado, radial

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - stråla

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
散发, 辐射, 放射, 流露, 显出, 发射, 焕发, 显示, 传播, 播送, 播发, 有射线的, 辐射状的, 具辐射部的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 散發, 輻射, 放射, 流露, 顯出
v. tr. - 發射, 流露, 煥發, 顯示, 散發, 傳播, 播送, 播發
adj. - 有射線的, 輻射狀的, 具輻射部的

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 발하다, 방사하다, 사방으로 뻗다
v. tr. - (빛을) 사출하다, 발산하다
adj. - 방사하는, 복사상의

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 放射する, 発散する, 放射状に広がる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشع, يشرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮קרן, יצא ממוקד, התפזר, התפשט‬
v. tr. - ‮הקרין, הפיץ‬
adj. - ‮עם קרניים מתפזרות, עם חלקים המסודרים סביב‬


 
 
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