radiatoryadj.
/ˈreɪdɪət(ə)ri/, /ˈreɪdɪeɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈreɪdiəˌtɔri/ Radiating, radiative. Also: radial (rare).
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [adjective] > characterized by radial divergence
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1816 Christian Herald 18 May 120 A contribution..may send a Bible to a desolate family; may become a radiatory point of ‘grace and truth’.
1854 Sci. Amer. 11 Mar. 204/2 Heated air is..the medium for diffusing the heat of the furnace through separate and more extensive radiatory surfaces.
1865 Intellectual Observer No. 38. 85 A series of tubular cells..extending in a radiatory direction from the disc outwards.
1923 N.E.D. at Wave sb. Wave-front, the continuous line or surface including all the waves or radiatory emissions which are in the same phase.
1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 17 Nov. We don't use the physical substance of a plant but its radiatory quantum property or living energy, which science does not accept exists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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