English word radiant comes from Latin radius (Ray (of light). Spoke (of a wheel). Staff, rod.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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radius | Latin (lat) | Ray (of light). Spoke (of a wheel). Staff, rod. |
radio | Latin (lat) | (active) I cause to radiate, irradiate.. (passive) I radiate, emit beams. |
radiantis | Latin (lat) | |
radiant | Middle French (frm) | |
radiant | English (en) | (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.. (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.. A point source from which radiation is emitted. (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal [...] |