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UK
/ɹˈeɪdɪˌeɪt/
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[ US /ˈɹeɪdiˌeɪt, ˈɹeɪdiət/ ]
[ US /ˈɹeɪdiˌeɪt, ˈɹeɪdiət/ ]
VERB
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extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
This plants radiate spines in all directions
spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel -
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
The plants on this island diversified -
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 -
issue or emerge in rays or waves
Heat radiated from the metal box -
cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
The sun is radiating -
send out rays or waves
The sun radiates heat -
have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna -
send out real or metaphoric rays
She radiates happiness
ADJECTIVE
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arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals
radial symmetry
many cities show a radial pattern of main highways - having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies
How To Use radiate In A Sentence
- The heat radiates up through the floor, being transferred to and absorbed by the different objects in the room.
- The energy radiated as bremsstrahlung is typically 100000 times smaller than the energy lost to the plasma electrons.
- This type of power - a culture that radiates outward and a market that draws inward - rests on pull, not on push; on acceptance, not on imposition.
- And the niveous winter gleam, although polished, could never radiate the warmth of your smile.
- By contrast, the members of Tinariwen radiate a kind of beatific serenity. The Guardian World News
- Rays radiate from the centre of the trunk, and the heartwood - the inner rings - differs from the outer rings, which are called the sapwood.
- We have a big stove which radiates heat day and night.
- In the first place, chemical solutions can conform to the geometry of the sample vessel or object being irradiated.
- Others argue the effect of low-level radiation may be amplified by ‘toxins’ emitted from irradiated cells to non-irradiated ‘bystanders’.
- The specialist radiates, operates and medicates, turning what should have killed us evolutionarily into "chronic conditions" that cost 19 percent of the GDP to control. Francine Hardaway: Routine Maintenance: Health Care's Contract With America
