radiative

ra·di·ate  (rd-t)

v. ra·di·at·ed, ra·di·at·ing, ra·di·ates

v.intr.

1. To send out rays or waves.

2. To issue or emerge in rays or waves: Heat radiated from the stove.

3. To extend in straight lines from or toward a center; diverge or converge like rays: Spokes radiate from a wheel hub.

4. Ecology To spread into new habitats and thereby diverge or diversify. Used of a group of organisms.

v.tr.

1. To emit (light, for example) in or as if in rays.

2. To send or spread out from or as if from a center: a cactus that radiates spines.

3. To irradiate or illuminate (an object).

4. To manifest in a glowing manner: a leader who radiates confidence.

adj. (-t)

1. Botany Having rays or raylike parts, as in the flower heads of daisies.

2. Biology Characterized by radial symmetry.

3. Surrounded with rays: a radiate head on a coin.

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[Latin radire, radit-, to emit beams, from radius, ray.]

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radi·ative adj.

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radiative [ˈreɪdɪətɪv], radiatory [ˈreɪdɪətərɪ -trɪ]

adj

(Physics / General Physics) Physics emitting or causing the emission of radiation a radiative collision