radiate

Bedeutung

Verb

1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
2. To emit rays or waves.
3. To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
4. To illuminate.
5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
6. To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
7. To spread into new habitats, migrate.

Adj

1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture; (heraldry) radiant.
3. Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
4. Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
5. Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
6. Belonging to the Radiata.

Noun

One of the Radiata.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪdieɪt/

Etymologie

Borrowed from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).