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radiant

[rey-dee-uhnt] / ˈreɪ di ənt /




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If L7 was a statement, Finch was its punctuation, her crayon-bright hair complementing a radiant humanity.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Ceuzany's voice ranges from crystalline highs to deep lows, as she performs everything from jazz to slam, commanding the stage with wavy blonde hair and earrings framing her radiant face.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

It measures not just the air temperature but takes into account humidity, radiant heat from the sun and the court surface temperature.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

In one image, a radiant Kiara waved at the camera, Joel’s hands cradling her belly.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

“With pleasure,” I replied; and I felt a thrill of artist-delight at the idea of copying from so perfect and radiant a model.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

These are described as "meteors with stationary radiants," since for months together they seem to come from the same fixed points in the sky.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

Yet, since a few detonating meteors have been found to proceed from ascertained radiants of shooting-stars, it is difficult to suppose that any generic difference separates them.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

These nodal points will not, however, afford a general explanation of the many-branched radiants.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

He gave a bound, remaining fastened to the ground by one of his radiants, and raised the others like a bundle of reptiles.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

The order of their power as radiants and absorbents is that here indicated, bisulphide of carbon being the feeblest, and amylene the strongest of the six.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John




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