radiating
AdjectiveUS[rey-dee-ey-ting]/ˈreɪdiˌeɪtɪŋ/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- diverging from a common pointOpposite convergentSimilar divergent, diverging
Word of the day · Nov 15About this word
aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“radiating” is listed under Radiate.
Ra′di·ate (rā′dĭ-āt), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Radiated (rā′dĭ-ā′tĕd); present participle & verbal noun Radiating.]
Origin: L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius ray. See Radius, Ray a divergent line.
1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiate like the sun at noon.— James Howell
2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.
Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.— John Locke
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54