Radiate vs Radiolitic - What's the difference?
radiate | radiolitic |
To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
To emit rays or waves.
To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
* John Locke
To illuminate.
To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
to spread into new habitats, migrate.
Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
(botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
(biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
(zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
(geology, of igneous rock) Having fanlike groupings of acicular crystals.
(geology, of limestone) Whose components radiate from a central point.
As adjectives the difference between radiate and radiolitic
is that radiate is radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated while radiolitic is having fanlike groupings of acicular crystals.As a verb radiate
is to extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.As a noun radiate
is one of the Radiata.radiate
English
(radiation)Verb
(radiat)- The stove radiates heat.
- The heat radiates from a stove.
- Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
Synonyms
* (to expose to radiation) irradiateDerived terms
* radiatorAdjective
(en adjective)- a radiate crystal