radiate
pronunciation
How to pronounce radiate in British English:
UK [ˈreɪdieɪt]
How to pronounce radiate in American English:
US [ˈreɪdieɪt]
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- Verb:
- send out rays or waves
- send out real or metaphoric rays
- extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
- especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- issue or emerge in rays or waves
- spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
Word Origin
- radiate (v.)
- 1610s, "spread in all directions from a point," from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare "to beam, shine, gleam; make beaming" (see radiation). Meaning "be radiant, give off rays (of light or heat)" is from 1704. Related: Radiated; radiates; radiating.
- radiate (adj.)
- "having rays, furnished with rays, shining," 1660s, from Latin radiatus (see radiate (v.)).
Example
- 1. The circles gradually radiate outward to encompass all of humanity .
- 2. The feeling may radiate through the chest and into the throat and neck .
- 3. Asteroids absorb heat from the sun and then radiate it away into space .
- 4. The integrity that comes of your work on yourself will radiate out into the world .
- 5. Other theoretical calculations have found that differences in the disk 's transparency would make the disk radiate heat more efficiently in some areas than in others , and this would cause temperatures to vary .