Category:Radiate

Ra"di*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Radiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Radiating.] Etym: [l. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, To radiate, fr. radius. See radius, ray a divergent line.]

1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Virtues shine more clear in them [kings], and radiant like the sun at Noon. Howell.

2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in Rays, as light or heat. Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes. Locke.

Radiate Ra"di*ate, v. t.

1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to Radiate heat.

2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to Irradiate. [r.]

Radiate Ra"di*ate, a. Etym: [l. radiatus, p. p.]

1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a Radiate crystal.

2. (bot.)

Defn: having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the Disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: belonging to the radiata.

Radiate Ra"di*ate, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: one of the radiata.