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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Radiação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: radiação

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Radiance/ˈreɪ.di.əns/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8420 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A radiação do sol é vital para a vida na Terra."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality or state of being radiant; brightness or light emitted from a source.

    "The radiance of the sunset painted the sky in vibrant hues."
  2. 2

    An attractive quality or aura that emanates from someone or something.

    "Her smile had a radiance that lit up the entire room."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'radiantia', stemming from 'radians' (shining, beaming), the present participle of 'radiare' (to beam or shine), originating from 'radius' (staff, rod, or ray of light). Entering Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, the term has historically evolved to describe both the physical emittance of light and the metaphorical glowing expression of health, beauty, or intense joy.

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