Radiant: English to English |
Radiant (a.) Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face. |
Radiant (a.) Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate. |
Radiant (a.) 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. |
Radiant (a.) Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant. |
Radiant (a.) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers. |
Radiant (n.) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve. |
Radiant (n.) The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly. |
Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate. |