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RADIATED
Verb
radiated
simple past tense and past participle of radiate
Adjective
radiated (comparative more radiated, superlative most radiated)
(botany) synonym of radiate
Source: Wiktionary
Ra"di*a`ted, a.
1. Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat.
2. Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center or axis; as, a radiated structure; a radiated group of crystals.
3. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Belonging to the Radiata.
RADIATE
Ra"di*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Radiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Radiating.] Etym: [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.]
1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiant like the sun at noon. Howell.
2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat. Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes. Locke.
Ra"di*ate, v. t.
1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.
2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]
Ra"di*ate, a. Etym: [L. radiatus, p. p.]
1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc.
3. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Belonging to the Radiata.
Ra"di*ate, n. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: One of the Radiata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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