radiant.
Radiating light and/or heat.
Meaning & usage
Radiating light and/or heat.
the radiant sun
Emitted as radiation.
Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
a radiant face
Strikingly beautiful.
Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
Giving off rays.
the sun radiant
a crown radiant
Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).
A point source from which radiation is emitted.
The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).
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