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radiating |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Radiated}; p. pr & vb n. {Radiating}.] [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: radiating adj : diverging from a common point [syn: {radiating(a)}]
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