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   radiant

   /ˈreɪdɪənt/

   adjective

   • 1. sending out light; shining or glowing brightly: "a bird with radiant green and red plumage" Similar shiningbrightilluminatedlitlightedbrilliantgleamingglowingablazeluminousluminescentlustrousincandescentglitteringsparklingcoruscatingdazzlingflashingshimmeringinformal:glowyliterary:irradiantlucentlambentsplendentrare:effulgentrefulgentOpposite darkdull
   • ▪ (of a person or their expression) clearly emanating great joy, love, or health: "she gave him a radiant smile" Similar joyfulelatedthrilledoverjoyedjubilantin rapturesenrapturedrapturousecstaticbeside oneself with joyeuphoricdeliriously happyblissfully happyin seventh heavenon cloud nine/sevendelightedjoyouspleasedhappybeamingglowingtransportedin transports of joy/pleasure/delightinformal:on top of the worldover the moonblissed outwrappedOpposite gloomy
   • ▪ (of an emotion or quality) emanating powerfully from someone or something; very conspicuous: "he praised her radiant self-confidence" Similar splendidmagnificentbrilliantdazzlingscintillatingcoruscatingvividintensebeautifulgorgeoustranscendentresplendentimpressivespectacularstrikingstunningglorioussuperbmajesticgreatbreathtakingravishingsumptuousfineinformal:splendiferousrare:splendaciousmagnolious
   • 2. (of electromagnetic energy, especially heat) transmitted by radiation, rather than conduction or convection: "plants convert the radiant energy of the sun into chemical energy"
   • ▪ (of an appliance) designed to emit radiant energy, especially for cooking or heating: "a radiant heater"

   noun

   • 1. a point or object from which light or heat radiates, especially a heating element in an electric or gas heater: "I sat down by my hissing gas fire—one of the radiants was missing"
   • ▪ a radiant point: "don't assume that you should stare toward the radiant to see the most meteors"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin radiant- ‘emitting rays’, from the verb radiare (see radiate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. radiancy noun
   • 2. radiantly adverb

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   What does the word RADIANT mean?

   • In science, radiant means "transmitted by radiation," and it usually describes heat, like the radiant heat from an oven. The Latin root is radiantem, "shining," and sometime around 1500 it started being used to describe physical beauty, which Shakespeare did in "Twelfth Night": "Most radiant, exquisite, and unmatchable beauty..." "Radiant."

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   What does a radiant person look like?

   • Someone who is radiant is so happy that their happiness shows in their face. Kathy smiled at her daughter's radiant face. On her wedding day the bride looked truly radiant. He smiled radiantly and embraced her. She looks radiantly happy. Something that is radiant glows brightly. The evening sun warms the old red brick wall to a radiant glow.

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   What does radian mean in English?

   • Latin radians, radiantis, present participle of radiare (“to emit rays or beams"). A closed stove acts mainly by convection; though when heated to a high temperature it gives out radiant heat. Light or dark, everyone's skin can be radiant and beautiful. The result is a clear, radiant complexion.

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   What is the difference between bright and radiant?

   • bright, brilliant, radiant, luminous, lustrous mean shining or glowing with light. bright implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light. brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness. radiant stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light.

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   Radiant means obviously very happy, or very beautiful, or producing heat or light. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.

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     RADIANT meaning: 1. obviously very happy, or very beautiful:...

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     radiant definicja: 1. obviously very happy, or very...

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     radiant translate: ซึ่งบ่งบอกถึงความสุข,...

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   Something that shines or glows is radiant, and you can also describe anything that's bright as radiant, like a smile or a powerful emotion ("a radiant sense of happiness"). In science, radiant means "transmitted by radiation," and it usually describes heat, like the radiant heat from an oven.

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   Radiant means emitting rays of light, shining, or bright. It can also refer to something that emits or is transmitted by radiation, or the point in space from which a meteor shower appears to originate.

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   Radiant means obviously very happy, or very beautiful, or producing heat or light. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and languages with Cambridge Dictionary.

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