To issue and proceed in rays or straight lines from a point; spread directly outward from a center or nucleus, as the spokes of a wheel, heat and light, etc.To emit rays; be radiant: as, a radiating body.To spread in all directions from a central source or cause; proceed outward as from a focus to all accessible points.To emit or send out in direct lines, as from a point or focus; hence, to cause to proceed or diverge in all directions, as from a source or cause; communicate by direct emanation: as, the sun radiates heat and light.To furnish with rays; cause to have or to consist of rays; make radial.Having a ray, rays, or ray-like parts; having lines or projections proceeding from a common center or surface; rayed: as, a radiate animal (a member of the Radiata); a radiate mineral (one with rayed crystals or fibers); a radiate flower-head.Constituting a ray or rays; proceeding or extending outward from a center or focus; radiating: as, the radiate fibers of some minerals and plants; the radiate petals of a flower or florets of a head.In numismatic and similar descriptions, represented with rays proceeding from it, as a head or bust: as, the head of the Emperor Caracalla, radiate; the head of Helios (the sun-god), radiate.n. A ray-like projection; a ray.n. A member of the Radiata, in any sense.To be directed, as rays, toward a common center: as, “spokes radiating to an axle.”