radiant
1. Emitting or proceeding as from a center; 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. (milton)
3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
4. Giving off rays; said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant.
5. (Science: botany) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
(Science: physics) Radiant energy See Radiant.
Origin: L. Radians, -antis, p. Pr. Of radiare to emit rays or beams, fr. Radius ray: cf. F. Radiant. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.
1. (Science: optics) The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly.
2. (Science: geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
3. (Science: astronomy) 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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