What is the meaning of radiating?

verb

  • Send out rays or waves.
    • usage: "The sun radiates heat"
  • Send out real or metaphoric rays.
    • usage: "She radiates happiness"
  • Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center.
    • usage: "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions"
  • Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink.
    • usage: "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"
  • Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays.
    • usage: "The sun is radiating"
  • Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion.
    • usage: "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"
  • Issue or emerge in rays or waves.
    • usage: "Heat radiated from the metal box"
  • Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate.
    • usage: "The plants on this island diversified"

adjective

  • Diverging from a common point. .
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