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# radiant

«radiant» in Mova's school dictionary: **Shining brightly; giving off light or warmth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (radiant, more radiant, most radiant); noun (a radiant — science, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shining brightly; giving off light or warmth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#m1)

2) (of a person) Looking very happy, healthy or beautiful, as if glowing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#m2)

3) (science) Sent out as rays: radiant heat, radiant energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, «a radiant smile» or «a radiant bride» means joy shines from someone. In science, the Sun gives radiant energy (light and heat) that travels through space; radiant heaters warm you directly. Phrases: «a radiant smile», «radiant with joy», «radiant heat», «radiant energy».

### examples

- The bride looked radiant in her white dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#x1)
- She gave me a radiant smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#x2)
- The radiant sun warmed the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#x3)
- The fire gave off radiant heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#x4)
- Radiant energy from the Sun reaches the Earth in about eight minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#x5)
- Her face was radiant with happiness when she won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#x6)
- The king's castle was surrounded by lofty towers, and radiant light streamed from all the windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/#x7)

### note

Adjective. Noun: radiance. Related: radiate, radiation, radiator. Pronounced RAY-dee-ant. Trap: radiant (glowing, very happy) is positive; radiation is the scientific word for energy sent out as waves or particles.

### In the corpora

- [They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.511/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «radiant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/radiant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.