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radiant science definition

Adjective
  1. Transmitting light, heat, or other radiation. Stars, for example, are radiant bodies.
  2. Consisting of or transmitted as radiation.
Noun
The apparent celestial origin of a meteor shower.  For example, a point in the constellation Gemini is the radiant of the Geminid meteor shower.

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