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Radiant   /rˈeɪdiənt/  /rˈeɪdjənt/   Listen
adjective
Radiant  adj.  
1.
Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.
2.
Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun. "Mark what radiant state she spreads."
3.
Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
4.
(Her.) Giving off rays; said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant.
5.
(Bot.) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
6.
(Physics) Emitted or transmitted by radiation; as, a radiant energy; radiant heat.
Radiant energy (Physics), energy given out or transmitted by radiation, as in the case of light and radiant heat.
Radiant heat, heat proceeding in right lines, or directly from the heated body, after the manner of light, in distinction from heat conducted or carried by intervening media.
Radiant point. (Astron.) See Radiant, n., 3.


noun
Radiant  n.  
1.
(Opt.) The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly.
2.
(Geom.) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
3.
(Astron.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate.





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"Radiant" Quotes from Famous Books



... passionate moment the woman's radiant face held the gaze of the man. He was swayed with an unwholesome hunger at the sight of her splendid womanhood. The beautiful, terrified eyes, so full of that allurement which ever claims all that is vital in man; the warm coloring of her delicately rounded cheeks, ...
— The Twins of Suffering Creek • Ridgwell Cullum
... suddenly upon his shoulder for a moment's oblivion, and then rose radiant with a question: "Why in the world, if Niagara is really what it seems to us now, do so many bridal ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... enough between us for me to start on my own account; for as long as I am a journeyman, and liable to lose my work any day, I would not ask her to come to me. But what with what we have laid by, and this money you offer, I think we might very well venture," and his radiant face showed the happiness the ...
— One of the 28th • G. A. Henty
... precipitately, and her outstretched arms fell to her sides. A radiant, gracious figure, she stood poised an instant, the light of gladness in her eyes only partially dimmed by the horrid spectacle of an interloper in the person of a ...
— The Convert • Elizabeth Robins
... His stupidity was a natural grace—it was as beautiful, really, as his eye-lashes. And he was so gay, so affectionate, and so happy with me, that telling him the truth would have been about as pleasant as slitting the throat of some artless animal. At first I used to wonder what had put into that radiant head the detestable delusion that it held a brain. Then I began to see that it was simply protective mimicry—an instinctive ruse to get away from family life and an office desk. Not that Gilbert didn't—dear lad!—believe in himself. There wasn't a ...
— Tales Of Men And Ghosts • Edith Wharton


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