Radiate Definition

rādē-āt

radiated, radiates, radiating

verb

radiated, radiates, radiating

To send out (heat, light, etc.) in rays.

Webster's New World

To give forth or spread (happiness, love, etc.) as if from a center.

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To come forth or spread out in rays.

Heat radiating from a stove.

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To extend in straight lines from or toward a center; diverge or converge like rays.

Spokes radiate from a wheel hub.

American Heritage

To send out rays of heat, light, etc.; be radiant.

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adjective

Having ray flowers or florets.

Webster's New World

Having rays or raylike parts; radial.

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Having radial symmetry, as a jellyfish.

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Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

A radiate crystal.

Wiktionary

(zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.

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noun

(zoology) One of the Radiata.

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Origin of Radiate

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

From Wiktionary
Latin radiāre radiāt- to emit beams from radius ray

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition