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radiating

radiating

4.2
Spreading out from a center in all directions, like heat from a fire
  • adjective
  • /ˈreɪdiˌeɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : radiante
  • In the center of the plaza, there was a fountain with radiating paths leading to various shops.

Examples

  • A round a small round room with radiating alcoves.

  • The radiating sunlight warmed the entire garden, making it a perfect place to relax.

  • Courtyards that are made of heat radiating surfaces.

  • So you can see there's like radiating signals of wirelessness coming out of this.

  • It wouId make sense that the Radiating Stones wouId be in a simiIar situation.

    Riddles of the Sphinx (2008)

  • The engineer designed a system of radiating pipes to distribute heat evenly throughout the building.

Synonyms

to emanate
vsradiating
60 6.5

To come out from a source, like a smell, sound, or feeling

involves physical outward divergence from one central point rather than abstract output
to fan out
vsradiating
30 3.7

To spread out from one point in different directions

diverge evenly in all directions from one central point
diffuse
vsradiating
8 6.4

Spread out over a large area and not in one place

starts at a center and diverges outward in all directions
to radiate
vsradiating
8 5.0

To spread outward from a central point

focuses only on outward divergence from one central point
to ray
vsradiating
1 6.5

To spread out from a center point

implies spreading outward in every direction rather than a single line

Antonyms

converging
5.6

Things coming together at the same point

How Wide

diffuse
8 6.4
spreading
1 2.3
radiating
4.2
diverging
5.4
narrow
290 1.0

Surface Forms

radiating positive

Morphology

radiating = radiate (transparent) = radiate + ing

Formed as the present participle of 'radiate'; the adjectival meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

The word radiating comes from the Latin word radius, which means 'ray' or 'spoke'. Think of sunlight or the spokes of a wheel sending lines out from the center, and you see why something radiating spreads out from a single point.