radiate /rāˈdi-āt/

1. To emit rays
2. To shine
3. To issue in rays
4. To diverge from a point or points
5. To transmit without the use of cables, by radio

1. To send out in or by means of rays
2. To communicate by radio, without wires
3. To broadcast

1. Having rays
2. Having ray-florets
3. Spreading like a ray or rays
4. Radial
5. Radially arranged
6. Of or belonging to the Radiata

An animal of the Radiata

Rādiāˈta plural noun

In Cuvier's obsolete classification, the lowest sub-kingdom of animals, radially symmetrical, including echinoderms, coelenterates, polyzoans, etc

rāˈdiated adjective

rāˈdiately adverb

rādiāˈtion noun

1. The act of radiating
2. The emission and diffusion of rays
3. That which is radiated
4. Energy, esp nuclear rays, transmitted in electromagnetic waves
5. Radial arrangement

rādiāˈtional adjective

rāˈdiātive or rādiāˈtory adjective

rāˈdiātor noun

1. That which radiates
2. An apparatus for radiating or diffusing heat, eg for warming a room, or cooling an engine
3. A radio transmitting aerial

radiation belts see Van Allen (radiation) belts

radiation oncologist see radiologist under radio-

radiation pattern noun

A graphic representation of the electromagnetic field strength produced by an antenna

radiation sickness noun

An illness due to excessive absorption of radiation in the body, marked by diarrhoea, vomiting, internal bleeding, decrease in blood cells, loss of teeth and hair, reduction of sperm in the male, etc

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