radiant
emitting rays of light; shining; bright: the radiant sun;radiant colors.
bright with joy, hope, etc.: radiant smiles;a radiant future.
Physics. emitted or propagated by radiation.
Heraldry.
noting a partition line having a series of flamelike indentations formed by ogees joined in zigzags; rayonny.
(of a charge, as an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.
Origin of radiant
1synonym study For radiant
Other words for radiant
Opposites for radiant
Other words from radiant
- ra·di·ant·ly, adverb
- an·ti·ra·di·ant, adjective
- non·ra·di·ant, adjective
- non·ra·di·ant·ly, adverb
- su·per·ra·di·ant, adjective
- un·ra·di·ant, adjective
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How to use radiant in a sentence
In the 21st century, he writes, “the future is not a radiant horizon guiding our advancing steps, but rather a line of shadow drawing closer.”
Humanity is stuck in short-term thinking. Here’s how we escape. | Katie McLean | October 21, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewEach block would come with a built in table and chairs as well as radiant heating.
What might COVID winter dining look like? IDEO and Chicago have some out-there ideas | Brett Haensel | October 9, 2020 | FortuneThere were enclosed vertical grills with radiant heat, hibachis from post-occupation Japan, and the Skotch Grill, a portable barbecue with a red tartan design that looked like an ice bucket.
To Find Hope in American Cooking, James Beard Looked to the West Coast | John Birdsall | October 2, 2020 | EaterIt’s dark, but in many lakes, a tiny percentage of the sun’s radiant energy can get through the ice, and that’s enough to sustain photosynthesis and life, even though there’s only four months of polar summer.
He Found ‘Islands of Fertility’ Beneath Antarctica’s Ice | Steve Nadis | July 20, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThe ensuing merriment steered the curiosity of Amaterasu, who finally came out of her cave, and thus the world was once again covered in radiant sunlight.
12 Major Japanese Gods and Goddesses You Should Know About | Dattatreya Mandal | May 6, 2020 | Realm of History
John Paul was youthful in his sixties with a radiant charisma.
Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.
A Magical Meal at Louie’s Backyard in the Conch Republic | Jane & Michael Stern | July 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe taught her how to die by slow example, and she was radiant with the privilege.
McDonald is a radiant talent, with a warm voice and beaming smile that light up any venue in which she appears.
Audra for the Win: Why Audra McDonald Must Win Tony for Best Actress | Daniel Gross | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd so again and again he pitted his own radiant confidence against some equal and opposite force.
The clear and radiant sky was drowned in a quivering radiance of gold, that was like a thing alive and sensitively palpitating.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensOn the following afternoon he found her, for instance, radiant with that exuberant happiness he had learned now to distrust.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodFresh and radiant she looked once more, no sign of tears, no traces of her recent emotion anywhere.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodBut he only noted that she appeared well and radiant; he understood her no morethan he understood several other things.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterBut after all, a radiant peace settled upon her when she at last found herself alone.
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British Dictionary definitions for radiant
/ (ˈreɪdɪənt) /
sending out rays of light; bright; shining
characterized by health, intense joy, happiness, etc: a radiant countenance
emitted or propagated by or as radiation; radiated: radiant heat
sending out heat by radiation: a radiant heater
physics (of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated by absolute energy measurements: radiant flux; radiant efficiency Compare luminous
a point or object that emits radiation, esp the part of a heater that gives out heat
astronomy the point in space from which a meteor shower appears to emanate
Origin of radiant
1Derived forms of radiant
- radiantly, adverb
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Scientific definitions for radiant
[ rā′dē-ənt ]
Transmitting light, heat, or other radiation. Stars, for example, are radiant bodies.
Consisting of or transmitted as radiation.
The apparent celestial origin of a meteor shower. For example, a point in the constellation Gemini is the radiant of the Geminid meteor shower.
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