radiants
- plural of radiant.
Example Sentences
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These nodal points will not, however, afford a general explanation of the many-branched radiants.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
Observe that the principal radiants are situated upon the boundary of the dark regions or at the oases.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
Unlike the other well-known showers, the radiants of which are stationary, that of the Perseids shifts each night a little in an easterly direction.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius
These are described as "meteors with stationary radiants," since for months together they seem to come from the same fixed points in the sky.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
He gave a bound, remaining fastened to the ground by one of his radiants, and raised the others like a bundle of reptiles.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
