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Radiant

//ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Radiating light and/or heat.

    "the radiant sun"

  2. 2
    Emitted as radiation.
  3. 3
    Beaming with vivacity and happiness. figuratively

    "a radiant face"

  4. 4
    Strikingly beautiful. figuratively

    "And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false."

  5. 5
    Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
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  1. 6
    Giving off rays.

    "the sun radiant"

  2. 7
    Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Adjective
  1. 1
    radiating or as if radiating light wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A point source from which radiation is emitted.
  2. 2
    The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
  3. 3
    A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).

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