Definition of radiant

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The term 'radiant' as it applies to the area of Earth observation can be defined as ' 1. In optics, the point or object from which light proceeds. 2. In geometry, a straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve. 3. In astronomy, the point in the heavens from which a shower of meteors seems to proceed'.

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