to radiate
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4.3
- verb
- /ˈreɪdiˌeɪt/
- Specialized
:
irradiar
- The energy is transported out and then radiated out as light and heat.
- radiate energy
- radiate heat
- radiate light
And right now you are radiating heat to the air.
- And right now you are radiating heat to the air.
- For example, we might radiate A photon.
- And each proton is going to have an electric field radiating out like this.
- And so once it has temperature, it radiates.
- That means it's less good at trapping in the Earth's radiated heat.
- In fact, they radiate so little heat that they're almost invisible to infrared detectors.
- And that'll be the case when the rate of heat received from the sun equals the rate at which energy is radiating to space.
- The heat budget analog is the earth receiving heat from the sun, storing some of it, and then radiating it to space.
Examples
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As sunlight warms Earth's surface, Earth radiates the energy back toward space as infrared light.
Academic text (2008) -
Even human bodies seem to radiate a different kind of warmth when covered with the fabrics of another age.
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And you find out that things that have kind of any temperature at all will radiate in the infrared.
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An energy that seemed to radiate from her in all directions.
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The rays grow stronger as they radiate towards us here on Earth.
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And right now you are radiating heat to the air.
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The rays of light from the flashlight radiate out onto the animal from us.
Fiction book (1993) -
The absorbed energy warms the dust grains, causing them to radiate brightly in the infrared.
Academic text (1992) -
The candle is radiating light out in all directions.
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As sunlight warms Earth's surface, Earth radiates the energy back toward space as infrared light.
Synonyms
91
4.4
Send out light, heat, sound or gas
60
6.5
To come out from a source, like a smell, sound, or feeling
57
2.6
To send out something like a smell, light, or heat
6
3.0
To shine brightly and send light in a certain direction
1
5.5
To send out a sound, light, or smell
Antonyms
How Intense
37
3.3
- Specialized
275
3.4
91
4.4
- Specialized
33
4.3
57
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Radiate comes from Latin radius 'ray' and shares the same root as radio, which sends out waves. So, to radiate light, heat, or waves is to send them out from a source like rays.