ra·di·ate (r ād ē- āt ′)
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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.] |