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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



... afterwards at an English church, the bride looking her most charming self in a costume of diaphanous chiffon and lace and the most fascinating of French hats, and the bridegroom his worst in his stiff conventional garments. They were a very radiant couple, however, and the dejeuner held after the ceremony at the "Hotel Britannique" was a cheerful occasion, despite ...
— The Independence of Claire • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... are folded thick, And crocuses awake, And, like celestial almonds, stick In Flora's tipsy-cake; Before the crews are on the Thames, The swallows on the wing, The radiant rhubarb-bundle flames, The ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 • Various

... filled the night, And shone on her throne In the sky alone, A matchless, wonderful, silvery light, Radiant and lovely, the queen of ...
— The Elson Readers, Book 5 • William H. Elson and Christine M. Keck

... Potter took part in all wholesome amusements. He was often the director; he was the delightful chairman at all our musical and literary sessions; but it was in sacred service that his noble spiritual powers found expression. One calm, radiant Sunday morning he spoke with noblest eloquence on these words of ...
— An Ohio Woman in the Philippines • Emily Bronson Conger

... spirit-stuff— Not from the immaterial, But what we call ethereal, Refined from matter rough. An illustration please to hear. Just on the still frontier Of either day or night,— Or when the lord of light Reclines his radiant head Upon his watery bed, Or when he dons the gear, To drive a new career,— While yet with doubtful sway The hour is ruled 'twixt night and day,— Some border forest-tree I climb; And, acting Jove, from height sublime My fatal bolt at will directing, I kill some rabbit unsuspecting. ...
— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine


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