Definitions for the word "radiant" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. a.
Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. adj.
1 emitting rays of light. 2 (of eyes or looks) beaming with joy, hope, or love. 3 (of beauty) splendid or dazzling. 4 (of light) issuing in rays. n. Point or object from which light or heat radiates. radiance n. Radiantly adv.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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