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Radiate vs Reradiate - What's the difference?

radiate | reradiate | see also |

Radiate is a see also of reradiate.


As verbs the difference between radiate and reradiate

is that radiate is to extend, send or spread out from a center like radii while reradiate is to absorb some amount of radiative energy, and then later emit that energy in the form of radiative energy the term is most often used in discussion of absorption of light or infrared radiation.

As an adjective radiate

is radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

As a noun radiate

is (zoology) one of the radiata.

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