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Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays;
radiating; radiate. |
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Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat;
issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid
light or splendor; as, the radiant sun. |
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Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face. |
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Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun
radiant; a crown radiant. |
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Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers
of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has
such marginal flowers. |
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The luminous point or object from which light emanates;
also, a body radiating light brightly. |
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A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed
pole, about which it is conceived to revolve. |
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The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of
shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to
radiate. |