radiant

English

Adjective

radiant (comparative more radiant, superlative most radiant)

1. Radiating light and/or heat.
2. Emitted as radiation.
3. Bright, glowing or filled with light.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set^[1]:

     His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

Translations

radiating light and/or heat

• Catalan: radiant (ca)
• Finnish: säteilevä (fi)
• Persian: تابناک (fa) (tâbnâk)

• Russian: светящийся (ru) (svetjáščijsja), лучезарный (ru) (lučezárnyj), сияющий (ru) (sijájuščij)
• Spanish: radiante (es)

emitted as radiation

• Russian: лучистый (ru) (lučístyj)

bright, glowing

• Catalan: radiant (ca)
• Finnish: säteilevä (fi)

• Persian: درخشنده (fa) (deraxšande), تابناک (fa) (tâbnâk)
• Russian: яркий (ru) (járkij) (bright), пылающий (ru) (pylájuščij), сверкающий (ru) (sverkájuščij)
• Spanish: radiante (es)

Noun

radiant (plural radiants)

1. A point source from which radiation is emitted.
2. (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
3. A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Translations

point source of radiation

• Finnish: säteilylähde (fi)

• Russian: излучатель (ru) (izlučátelʹ) m

astronomy

• Catalan: radiant (ca) m
• Russian: радиант (ru) (radiánt) m

• Spanish: punto radiante (es) m

Anagrams

• anti-rad, antirad, intrada

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French

Verb

radiant

1. Present participle of radier.

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Latin

Verb

radiant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of radiō