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Meaning of 'radiant' (Webster Dictionary)

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

Meaning of 'radiant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . radiant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- radiating or as if radiating light
Example in sentence:
  • a radiant sunrise;
  • a refulgent sunset;
  • the beaming sun;
  • the effulgent daffodils

Nearby Words:

rad radde raddle raddock rade radeau radial radiale radialia radially

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