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Definition of Irradiant
1. a. Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon.
Definition of Irradiant
1. Adjective. That radiates light ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irradiant
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Irradiant
1. Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon. Origin: L. Irradians, -antis, p. Pr. See Irradiate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irradiant
Literary usage of Irradiant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1769)
"... the word irradiant would have been whipped out of it : if it had been Ample,
it would have contained no fuch metaphor as the illumination of a name ..."
2. Lectures on Comparative Anatomy. by Robert Edmond Grant (1834)
"... i3 removed hy maceration in acid, the fine irradiant colours continue to exist
... and that the irradiant appearance of mother-of-pearl may he impressed ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... contains the lines : And now is seen that maugre rebel's plots, The name of 0.
K. lives, and O. 0. rots. 3. 'Majestic irradiant,'a broadside issued in ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"So the bright lamp of night the constant Moon, Unwearied, does her circling
journey run ; Oft thro' the fleecy cloud irradiant bends, And to benighted lauds ..."
5. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"Shall Law's dominion melt as wax At touch of Hope's irradiant wing? Are these
the towers His hands have wrought? Dreams He the dream of end and plan Dear to ..."
6. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1913)
"... mocking cynicism, thinly veiled by artificial suavity and logically irradiant
from natural hardness of heart, coupled with an insensibility that has ..."
7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1769)
"... the word irradiant would have been whipped out of it : if it had been Ample,
it would have contained no fuch metaphor as the illumination of a name ..."
8. Lectures on Comparative Anatomy. by Robert Edmond Grant (1834)
"... i3 removed hy maceration in acid, the fine irradiant colours continue to exist
... and that the irradiant appearance of mother-of-pearl may he impressed ..."
9. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... contains the lines : And now is seen that maugre rebel's plots, The name of 0.
K. lives, and O. 0. rots. 3. 'Majestic irradiant,'a broadside issued in ..."
10. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"So the bright lamp of night the constant Moon, Unwearied, does her circling
journey run ; Oft thro' the fleecy cloud irradiant bends, And to benighted lauds ..."
11. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"Shall Law's dominion melt as wax At touch of Hope's irradiant wing? Are these
the towers His hands have wrought? Dreams He the dream of end and plan Dear to ..."
12. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1913)
"... mocking cynicism, thinly veiled by artificial suavity and logically irradiant
from natural hardness of heart, coupled with an insensibility that has ..."
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