radiate

noun

One of the Radiata.

1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
2. To emit rays or waves.

   The stove radiates heat.

3. To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

   The heat radiates from a stove.

4. To illuminate.
5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
6. To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
7. (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.

1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

   a radiate crystal

2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
3. Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
4. Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
5. Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
6. Belonging to the Radiata.