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radial
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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), from Latin radius. By surface analysis, radius + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪdi.əl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
radial (comparative more radial, superlative most radial)
- Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.
- The spokes on most modern bicycle wheels are tangential to the hub rather than radial.
- 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:
- A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.
- (geometry) Of, or relating to a radius (line joining to a geometric centre).
- What is the relationship between arc length and radial length?
- Moving or acting along a radius.
- radial velocity
- (anatomy) Of, or relating to the radius bone.
- (entomology) Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it.
- (botany) Developing uniformly on all sides.
- (of a vehicle tyre) Having reinforcing cords placed in parallel across the tyre at 90 degrees to the direction of travel, especially as contrasted with cross-ply; see also radial tyre.
Derived terms
- brachioradial
- circumradial
- corradial
- cubitoradial
- dorsoradial
- equiradial
- hexaradial
- humeroradial
- hyperradial
- interradial
- isoradial
- multiradial
- nonradial
- octoradial
- orthoradial
- pentaradial
- perradial
- quadriradial
- radial arm maze
- radial arm saw
- radial artery
- radial basis function
- radial bearing
- radial bone
- radial button
- radial canal
- radial chromatography
- radial cleavage
- radial collateral artery
- radial curve
- radial displacement
- radial distribution function
- radial embedding
- radial engine
- radial gate
- radial glial cell
- radial growth phase
- radial index artery
- radial integral
- radialise
- radiality
- radialization
- radialize
- radial keratotomy
- radial line
- radial menu
- radialmost
- radial nerve
- radial-ply tire, radial-ply tyre
- radial point
- radial saw
- radial shaft seal
- radial shield
- radial symmetry
- radial tire, radial tyre
- radial vein
- radial velocity
- scapuloradial
- semiradial
- tetraradial
- transradial
- triradial
- ulnoradial
Translations
arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common center
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moving along a radius
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of, or relating to the radius bone
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Noun
radial (plural radials)
- An item in a radial configuration, such as a spoke of a wheel.
- (in particular) One of a set of earthing wires arranged radially around the base of a wireless antenna.
- A radial tire / radial tyre.
- 1976, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, spoken by Howard Beele (Peter Finch):
- Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.
Translations
tire
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Anagrams
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French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
radial (feminine radiale, masculine plural radiaux, feminine plural radiales)
Further reading
- “radial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
radial (strong nominative masculine singular radialer, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of radial (uncomparable)
Adverb
radial
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Indonesian
Noun
- radian
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
radial m or f (plural radiais)
Derived terms
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Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
radial m or n (feminine singular radială, masculine plural radiali, feminine and neuter plural radiale)
Declension
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
radial m or f (masculine and feminine plural radiales)
Derived terms
Noun
radial f (plural radiales)
- angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)
- Synonyms: amoladora angular, amoladora, rebarbadora, esmeril angular
Related terms
Noun
radial m (plural radiales)
Further reading
- “radial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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