radiate (radiat)

and n. [ lines or projec MW-Frey Radiate Structure.-Wavellite. radiation tion; having the whole structure, or some parts of it, radiating from a common center; radiatory; rayed; actino meric. (2) Of or pertaining to the Cuvierian Radiata: as, "the radiate mob," Huxley. (b) In bot., bearing ray-flowers: said chiefly of a head among the Compos itæ, in which a disk of tubular florets is encircled by one or more rows of radially spreading ligulate florets, as in the daisy and sunflower; or in which all the florets are ligulate, as in the dandelion and chicory. 2. 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. A school-house plant on every hill, Stretching in radiate nerve-lines thence The quick wires of intelligence. Whittier, Snow-Bound. IMG:content-1553.jpg:[merged small][graphic][merged small][graphic][subsumed][merged small][merged small] II. n. 1. A ray-like projection; a ray. The tin salt crystallised out in transparent, shining needles, arranged in clusters of radiates about nuclei. Amer. Chem. Jour ., XI. 82. 2. A member of the Radiata, in any sense.. radiated (ra'di-a-ted), p. a. [ radiately (rā'di-at-li), adv. In a radiate manner; with radiation from a common center; radially. - Radiately veined or nerved, in bot., same as palmately veined or nerved. See nervation. radiate ne (rā'di-at-nes), n. ality. Same as rad i radiate-veined (ra'di-at-vand), a. In bot., palmately veined. See nervation. rad i at i form (ra-di-a'ti-form), a. [L.radiatus, radiate, + form a, form.] In bot., having the appearance of being radiate: said of heads, as in some species of Centaurea, having some of the marginal flowers enlarged, but not truly ligulate. rad i a tingly (ra'di-a-ting-li), adv. Same as ra diately.