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radial
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun radial has 1 sense
- radial(n = noun.artifact) radial tire, radial-ply tire - pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing; Array is a kind of pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre
Adjective radial has 4 senses
- radial(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or near the radius; "the radial aspect of the forearm" Derived form noun radius4
- radial(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius; "radial velocity" Derived form noun radius2
- radial(a = adj.pert) Array - issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light; "radial heat"
- radial(s = adj.all) radiate, stellate - arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"
CIDE DICTIONARY
radial, a. [Cf. F. radial. See Radius.].
Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zoöl.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
radial, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of, concerning, or in rays.
2 a arranged like rays or radii; having the position or direction of a radius. b having spokes or radiating lines. c acting or moving along lines diverging from a centre.
3 Anat. relating to the radius (radial artery).
4 (in full radial-ply) (of a vehicle tyre) having the core fabric layers arranged radially at right angles to the circumference and the tread strengthened.
--n.
1 Anat. the radial nerve or artery.
2 a radial-ply tyre.
--adj.
1 of, concerning, or in rays.
2 a arranged like rays or radii; having the position or direction of a radius. b having spokes or radiating lines. c acting or moving along lines diverging from a centre.
3 Anat. relating to the radius (radial artery).
4 (in full radial-ply) (of a vehicle tyre) having the core fabric layers arranged radially at right angles to the circumference and the tread strengthened.
--n.
1 Anat. the radial nerve or artery.
2 a radial-ply tyre.
Idiom
radial engine an engine having cylinders arranged along radii. radial symmetry symmetry occurring about any number of lines or planes passing through the centre of an organism etc. radial velocity esp. Astron. the speed of motion along a radial line, esp. between a star etc. and an observer.
Derivative
radially adv.
Etymology
med.L radialis (as RADIUS)
THESAURUS
radial
approaching, asymptotic, centripetal, centrolineal, concurrent, confluent, confocal, connivent, converging, focal, meeting, mutually approaching, radiate, radiated, radiating, radiative, rayed, tangent, tangential, uniting
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