vb, -at*ed  -at*ing vi  :  to issue in or as if in rays  :  spread from a central point <the pain … s from the ear to the temporal region, the parotid gland, and the cheek -H. G. Armstrong>  vt  :  IRRADIATE
, adj 1  :  having rays or radial parts  2  :  characterized by radial symmetry  :  RADIALLY SYMMETRICAL .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  radiata  red·out  red out  root·ed 
 
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