3. (Astron.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced
backward, or whence they appear to radiate.
Radiantly
(Ra"di*ant*ly) adv. In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.
Radiary
(Ra"di*a*ry) n. [Cf. F. radiaire.] (Zoöl.) A radiate. [Obs.]
Radiata
(||Ra`di*a"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. radiatus, p. p. See Radiate.] (Zoöl.) An extensive artificial group
of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various
organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere.
It includes the cœlenterates and the echinoderms. Formerly, the group was supposed to be a natural one,
and was considered one of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.
Radiate
(Ra"di*ate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Radiated (- a`ted); p. pr. & vb. n. Radiating.] [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.
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.
Locke. Radiate
(Ra"di*ate), v. t.
1. To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.
2. To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate. [R.]
Radiate
(Ra"di*ate) a. [L. radiatus, p. p.]
1. Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
2. (Bot.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy,
etc.
3. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Radiata.
Radiate
(Ra"di*ate), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Radiata.
Radiated
(Ra"di*a`ted) a.
1. Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat.
2. Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common
center or axis; as, a radiated structure; a radiated group of crystals.
3. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Radiata.
Radiately
(Ra"di*ate*ly) adv. In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a center.
Radiate-veined
(Ra"di*ate-veined`) a. (Bot.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from
the apex of the petiole; — said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil
plant.
