Word Finder - radiant

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A point source from which radiation is emitted.

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The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.

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A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

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Radiating light and/or heat.

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the radiant sun

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Emitted as radiation.

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Beaming with vivacity and happiness.

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a radiant face

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Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.

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Giving off rays; said of a bearing.

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the sun radiant;  a crown radiant

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Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.

A closed stove acts mainly by convection; though when heated to a high temperature it gives out radiant heat.

Light or dark, everyone's skin can be radiant and beautiful.

The result is a clear, radiant complexion.

I discovered the true way to walk when I was a year old, and during the radiant summer days that followed I was never still a minute....

How can I give my skin a radiant glow?

She was already pale, but on hearing these words her face changed and something brightened in her beautiful, radiant eyes.

In the ruddy fire glow her fair face looked radiant with joy.

But we have to picture him as anon coming out and gathering about him a tatterdemalion company, and jesting with them until they were in fits of laughter, for the sake of observing their burlesque physiognomies; anon as eagerly frequenting the society of men of science and learning of an older generation like the mathematician Benedetto Aritmetico, the physician, geographer and astronomer Paolo Toscanelli, the famous Greek Aristotelian Giovanni Argiropoulo; or as out-rivalling all the youth of the city now by charm of recitation, now by skill in music and now by feats of strength and horsemanship; or as stopping to buy caged birds in the market that he might set them free and watch them rejoicing in their flight; or again as standing radiant in his rose-coloured cloak and his rich gold hair among the throng of young and old on the piazza, and holding them spellbound while he expatiated on the great projects in art and mechanics that were teeming in his mind.

We know nothing quantitatively of the radiations from a nebulous body; and it is quite possible that the loss of radiant energy in this early stage was very small; but it is at least as certain as any other physical inference that 17,000,000 years ago the earth itself was of its present dimensions, a comparatively old body with sea and living creatures upon it, and it is impossible to believe that the sun's radiations were wholly different; but, if they were not, they have been maintained from some other source than contraction.

But when on Sunday after church the footman announced in the drawing room that Count Rostov had called, the princess showed no confusion, only a slight blush suffused her cheeks and her eyes lit up with a new and radiant light.

That pale, sad, refined face, that radiant look, those gentle graceful gestures, and especially the deep and tender sorrow expressed in all her features agitated him and evoked his sympathy.

The moon was a luminous, bright globe in the dark sky, radiant with silver light.

Were you greeted by a vision of clear, firm skin, glowing with health and radiant with youth?

Sail to san a variety of radiant yellow kiskadees.

They had to bring in radiant heaters to bring the flowers on.

These glazing types are capable of changing their optical properties in order to control solar radiant heat flux into the building.

How many radiant heating systems has he installed?

There was a brilliant exhibition of meteors on the 10th of April 1803, and in other years meteors have been very abundant on about the 19th to the 21st of April, shooting from a radiant a few degrees south-west of a Lyrae.

It has to be competent to transmit the transverse waves of light and electricity, and the other known radiant and electric actions; the way in which this is done is now in the main known, though there are still questions as to the mode of expression and formulation of our knowledge, and also as regards points of detail.

The investigations both of Balfour Stewart and of Kirchhoff are based on the idea of an enclosure at uniform temperature and the general results of the reasoning centre in the conclusion that the introduction of any body at the same temperature as the enclosure can make no difference to the streams of radiant energy which we imagine to traverse the enclosure.

Tyndall's investigations of the transparency and opacity of gases and vapours for radiant heat, which occupied him during many years (1859-1871), are frequently considered his chief scientific work.

Much as the decade from 1880 to 1890 abounded with investigations on the reactions of bacteria to heat, so the following decade was remarkable for discoveries regarding the effects of other forms of radiant energy.

The gas developed by the coal near the mouth of the retort is quickly washed out into the ascension pipe by the push of the gas behind, and the period for which it has been exposed to the radiant heat from the walls of the retort is practically nil; whilst the gas evolved in the portion of the retort farthest from the mouthpiece has only its own rate of evolution to drive it forward, and has to traverse the longest run possible in tile retort, exposed during the whole of that period to radiant heat and to contact with the highly heated surface of the retort itself.

The waxy white blooms and spearheaded leaves of the calla lily stand for radiant beauty and sophistication.

Since then I have worn blusher and think I look more radiant now!

It also shows that the black body emits at a peak wavelength, at which most of the radiant energy is emits at a peak wavelength, at which most of the radiant energy is emitted.

All samples reflect radiant flux, while only some transmit it.

The radiant heat which is produced heats only surfaces which it falls on and is relatively unaffected by air movement.

She does not look glorious, shining or even radiant, she looks luminous.

The beautiful bride was absolutely radiant - and Angus looked about as happy as anyone could be.

Now their goal is to make sure that their already adorable baby looks positively radiant in a special Christmas outfit.

Transformed with the goodly transformation of the transfiguration of Christ, we find ourselves made radiant by our good works, magnifying it.

At several American observatories, and at Vienna, fairly successful attempts were made in November 1898 to photograph a sufficient number of meteor-trails to derive the Leonid radiant, and the mean position was at R.A.

The enormous extension of surface also facilitates the absorption of energy from the environment, and, to take one case only, it is impossible to doubt that some source of radiant energy must be at the disposal of those prototrophic forms which decompose carbonates and assimilate carbonic acid in the dark and oxidize nitrogen in dry rocky regions where no organic materials are at their disposal, even could they utilize them.

Hartwig in 1885, and subsequently spectroscopically examined by many observers; R Andromedae, a regularly variable star; and the Andromedids, a meteoric swarm, associated with Biela's comet, and having their radiant in this constellation (see Meteor).

The radiant heat given off by the floor results in very high comfort levels.

Just a light swirl across the apples of the cheeks does the trick - despite the combination of radiant shades, the look is surprisingly natural.

It blended right in and gave my skin a radiant, natural look.

Try Futurist Age-Resisting Makeup foundation or the Resilience Lift Extreme Radiant Lifting Makeup for help with fine lines, wrinkles, and skin firmness.

Brides are always radiant on their wedding day, and as a pregnant bride, you'll be no exception.

You can always put on a tiara or even a veil to make yourself stand out in the crowd as the bride (as if your radiant glow wouldn't give it away!).

Catherine will be keeping her accesories simple on the wedding day so the focus will be on the tiara, the dress and of course, the radiant bride herself with her mega-watt smile.

There's a version for girls as well, with an embellished front in lace, plus a tight, simple bodice in a radiant fabric.

Electric radiant floor heat follows ancient principles of warming the home through the floor in place of, or in addition to, forced air convection heat.

Today, radiant floor heat is produced through either water or electric heating systems that are imbedded under the floor's top layer.

Radiant floor heat powered by electricity consists of non-corrosive, flexible heating cable held within a fiberglass mesh mat.

Electric radiant floor heating is flexible enough to work with a number of different floor coverings, but in order for it to work as efficiently and effectively as possible, take certain things into consideration.

While a torchiere heater circulates the air, box heaters can use convection to heat the air, or radiant heat which warms the surfaces around it.

To save money on heating bills and create a more functional heating system in your home, convert old radiators to new radiant floor heating.

Radiant heat works on an entirely different principle; rather than warming the air, it warms the objects in the room, including you.