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🌡️ To emit again 📡 To send again
to reradiate

to reradiate

8.0
To receive a signal and send it out again so it reaches more places
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈreɪdiˌeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reradiar
  • When the solar panels absorb sunlight, they reradiate energy back into the atmosphere.

Examples

  • The device is designed to reradiate signals, extending the range of communication.

  • It blocks it, it it reradiates it, it, it sends it off elsewhere.

  • The receiver can reradiate the radio waves to enhance the signal strength.

Synonyms

to retransmit
vsto reradiate
1 6.0

To send or broadcast something again, for example by radio

includes receiving first then transmitting again to extend range or effect
to reemit
vsto reradiate
  • Specialized
7.4

Send a signal out again to reach more places

involves getting a signal then sending it again to boost range
to reemitting
vsto reradiate
  • Specialized
7.7

To send out light or energy again after taking it in

describes receiving energy or radiation then sending it outward again

How Far

to reradiate
  • Specialized
8.0
to reemit
  • Specialized
7.7

Surface Forms

reradiate infinitive
reradiated past
reradiated past participle
reradiating present participle
reradiates third person singular

Morphology

reradiate = radiate (transparent) = re + radiate

The meaning is a regular and easily interpretable repetition of the verb 'radiate'.

Etymology

Reradiate combines re- 'again' with radiate from Latin radius 'ray', the same root you see in radio or radiator. So, to reradiate is to receive a signal or energy and send it out 'again', like a satellite or relay tower that picks up a signal and passes it on to reach farther places.