1sending out light; shining or glowing brightly:a bird with radiant green and red plumage
(of a person or their expression) clearly emanating great joy, love, or health:she gave him a radiant smile
(of an emotion or quality) emanating powerfully from someone or something; very conspicuous:he praised her radiant self-confidence
2 [attributive] (of electromagnetic energy, especially heat) transmitted by radiation, rather than conduction or convection:plants convert the radiant energy of the sun into chemical energy
(of an appliance) designed to emit radiant energy, especially for cooking or heating:a radiant heater
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a point or object from which light or heat radiates, especially a heating element in an electric or gas heater:I sat down by my hissing gas fire—one of the radiants was missing
Astronomy a radiant point:don’t assume that you should stare toward the radiant to see the most meteors
