different between radiate vs radiolitic
radiate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /??e?die?t/
- (adjective) IPA(key): /??e?die?t/, /??e?di.?t/
Verb
radiate (third-person singular simple present radiates, present participle radiating, simple past and past participle radiated)
- To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
- 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
- Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.
- 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates
- (transitive) To emit rays or waves.
- The stove radiates heat.
- (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
- The heat radiates from a stove.
- 1706, John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy
- Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
- (transitive) To illuminate.
- To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
- (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
- (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.
Synonyms
- (to expose to radiation): irradiate
Derived terms
- radiator
Related terms
- radiation
Translations
Adjective
radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)
- Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
- a radiate crystal
- Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
- (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
- (botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
- (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
- (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
Translations
Noun
radiate (plural radiates)
- (zoology) One of the Radiata.
Related terms
- radial
- radiation
- radio
- radius
- ray
Further reading
- radiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- radiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- radiate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- airdate, ardaite, tiaraed
Esperanto
Adverb
radiate
- present adverbial passive participle of radii
Italian
Verb
radiate
- second-person plural present subjunctive of radere
- second-person plural present indicative of radiare
- second-person plural imperative of radiare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare
- feminine plural of radiato
Anagrams
- aderita, adirate, ardiate, datarie, daterai
Latin
Verb
radi?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of radi?
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radiolitic
English
Etymology
radiolite +? -ic
Adjective
radiolitic
- (geology, of igneous rock) Having fanlike groupings of acicular crystals.
- (geology, of limestone) Whose components radiate from a central point.
Related terms
- radiolite
radiolitic From the web:
- what does radiolytic mean
- what is radiolytic compounds
- what is radiolytic effect
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