radiant

ra·di·ant  (rd-nt)

adj.

1. Emitting heat or light.

2. Consisting of or emitted as radiation: radiant heat.

3.

a. Filled with light; bright.

b. Glowing; beaming. See Synonyms at bright.

n.

1. An object or a point from which light or heat rays are emitted.

2. Astronomy The apparent celestial origin of a meteoric shower.

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[Middle English, from Latin radins, radiant-, present participle of radire, to radiate; see radiate.]

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radi·ant·ly adv.

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radiant

Adjective

1. characterized by health and happiness: radiant good looks

2. shining

3. emitted as radiation: radiant heat

4. sending out heat by radiation: radiant heaters [Latin radiare to shine]

radiance n
radiantly adv

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radiant  (rd-nt)

Adjective

1. Transmitting light, heat, or other radiation. Stars, for example, are radiant bodies.

2. Consisting of or transmitted as radiation.

Noun

The apparent celestial origin of a meteor shower. For example, a point in the constellation Gemini is the radiant of the Geminid meteor shower.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

radiant - radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" effulgent, refulgent, beamy, beaming bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

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radiant

adjective 1. happy, glowing, ecstatic, joyful, sent (informal) gay, delighted, beaming, joyous, blissful, rapturous, rapt, on cloud nine (informal) beatific, blissed out (informal) floating on air << OPPOSITE miserable

adjective 2. bright, brilliant, shining, glorious, beaming, glowing, sparkling, sunny, glittering, gleaming, luminous, resplendent, incandescent, lustrous, effulgent << OPPOSITE dull

Translations

radiant [ˈreɪdɪənt] adj → brillante, resplandeciente

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radiant [ˈreɪdɪənt] adj → rayonnant(e);

(Physics) → radiant(e)

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radiant [ˈreɪdɪənt] radiance adj → strahlend;

(Phys) (heat) → Strahlungs-

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radiant [ˈreɪdɪənt] adj → raggiante;

(PHYSICS) → radiante