Hypertext Webster Gateway: "radiating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Radiate \Ra"di*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Radiated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Radiating}.] [L. radiatus, p. p. of radiare to
furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. radius. See
{Radius}, {Ray} a divergent line.]
1. To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and
radiant like the sun at noon. --Howell.
2. To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to
issue in rays, as light or heat.
Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our
eyes. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
radiating
adj : diverging from a common point [syn: {radiating(a)}]
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