radiate

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The first will re-radiate, at the same temperature and frequency, allowing surface radiation to continue upwards and travel backwards; the second will dissipate heat into N2 / O2 as Rod B (302) says.

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  1. intransitive verb To send out rays or waves.
  2. intransitive verb To issue or emerge in rays or waves: Heat radiated from the stove.
  3. intransitive verb To extend in straight lines from or toward a center; diverge or converge like rays: Spokes radiate from a wheel hub.
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  • An irrepressible impulse toward freedom is the most prominent peculiarity of the man and artist Beethoven; nearly all of his observations, no matter what their subject, radiate the word "Liberty." —  Beethoven: the Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words
  • Interstellar dust clouds catalyze simple chemical reactions, absorb, scatter, polarize, and re-radiate starlight, and form the building blocks for planet and stellar formation. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • The fact is, once cancer has entered the spine and brain like they have with Susan, you can radiate, and that's about it. —  Fat Cyclist
  • This result suggests two distinct populations: (1) radiate-commissural (RC) multipolar cells that project to the ipsilateral DCN and the contralateral CN, and (2) radiate multipolar cells that project exclusively (in this context) to the ipsilateral DCN. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • They'll radiate off a glass-topped corridor lined by a decorative green wall that may be dotted with orchids. —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin radiāre, radiāt-, to emit beams, from radius, ray.

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  1. from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine (later Italian radiare, raggiare = Spanish Portuguese radiar = French radier, radiate, shine), from radius, a spoke, ray: see radius, ray.
  2. from Latin radiatus, having rays, radiating, past participle of radiare, radiate, furnish with spokes: see radiate, v.
 

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