Definition of "radiate" in English

verb

1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

2. (transitive) To emit rays or waves.

   • The stove radiates heat.

3. (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

   • The heat radiates from a stove.

4. (transitive) To illuminate.

5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.

6. (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.

7. (ecology, intransitive) To spread into new habitats, migrate.

8. (transitive, obsolete) To broadcast by radio.

adjective

1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

   • a radiate crystal

2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture; (heraldry) radiant.

3. (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.

4. (botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.

5. (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a sea star.

6. (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.

noun

1. (zoology) One of the Radiata.