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Radiant

Definition:

Adjective: sending out light; shining or glowing brightly.

Noun: a point or object from which light or heat radiates, especially in physics.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Adjective: characterized by happiness, joy, or brightness.

Sample Sentence: She had a radiant smile that cheered up everyone around her.

Sense 2:

Noun: a unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to an energy transfer of 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.

Sample Sentence: The patient received a high radiant dose during his radiation therapy.

Sense 3:

Adjective: (chemistry) emitted as radiation.

Sample Sentence: The substance has radiant properties that make it easily detectable.

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