n. The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; specifically, emission and diffusion of rays of light and the so-called rays of heat.n. The divergence or shooting forth of rays from a point or focus.n. In zoology, the structural character of a radiate; the radiate condition, quality, or type; the radiate arrangement of parts. Also radiism.n. n. In biology: The divergent evolution of several different organisms from a single ancestral form: as, the radiation of the placental mammals.n. A group of organisms that is undergoing divergent modification.n. In psychology, the extension of excitation within the nervous system to give rise to concomitant or secondary sensations.