verb
- to emit or send out again (energy, heat, light, etc.) that has been absorbed
Usage: technical; physics
Examples
- The pavement absorbs heat during the day and reradiates it at night.
- The satellite reradiates the signal to ground stations.
- Dark surfaces absorb sunlight and then reradiate the energy as heat.
- The atmosphere reradiates some of the Earth’s thermal energy back to space.
- The metal surface reradiates infrared radiation after being heated.
- Solar panels absorb light energy but also reradiate some heat.