radiant
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/
radiant
- Radiating light and/or heat.
- the radiant sun
- Emitted as radiation.
- Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
- a radiant face
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC ↗:
- His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC ↗, page 171 ↗:
- Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
- Strikingly beautiful.
- 1893, E. Werner, Clear the Track!, page 94:
- 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.
- Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
- (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.
- the sun radiant; a crown radiant
- (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
- Russian: лучи́стый
- Portuguese: radiante
- Russian: лучеза́рный
- Spanish: radiante
radiant (plural radiants)
- A point source from which radiation is emitted.
- (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
- (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
- Russian: излуча́тель
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