radiant
adjective
emitting rays of light; shining; bright.
radiants
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pluralof radiant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 John Joly
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 Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
The order of their power as radiants and absorbents is that here indicated, bisulphide of carbon being the feeblest, and amylene the strongest of the six.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
The radiants carried them away, and I saw them no more.
From Lilith, a romance by George MacDonald
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 Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
