radiant
IPA: rˈeɪdiʌnt
noun
- A point source from which radiation is emitted.
- (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
- (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
adjective
- Radiating light and/or heat.
- Emitted as radiation.
- Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
- Strikingly beautiful.
- Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
- (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.
- (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
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Examples of "radiant" in Sentences
- His face is radiant and blissful.
- The candles are radiant with peace.
- The shampoo makes your hair lustrous and radiant.
- Her records exhibit a rare, radiant and very droll wit.
- The spice had glowed radiant blue in the dim silver light.
- He was light, radiant and glistened with the joy of pregnancy.
- How much of the total radiant flux is in the visible spectrum
- It is obtained by dividing the luminous flux by the radiant flux.
- The Earth absorbs the light energy or radiant energy and heats up.
- A radiant pearl in the centre of the ridge speaks of celestial glory.
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