corradiation

English

Noun

corradiation (uncountable)

1. (rare) A conjunction or convergence of rays (of light, energy) in one point.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     the basis is in the object, and the vertical point in the eye; so as there is a corradiation and conjunction of beams

Related terms

• corradiate

References

• “corradiation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.