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/ˈɹeɪ.di.əs/
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ˈɹeɪ.di.əs
Noun
The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
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It is also obvious, and proved by experiment, that the rotatory motions observed in the hand proceed from the rotatory motions of the radius.
The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.
One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media; the vein running along the costal edge of the discal cell.
A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.
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Fatima claims to have visited all the bars within a five-mile radius of her Manhattan apartment.
We start with spherical geometries. The two geometries on spheres of radiuses R₁ and R₂ are obviously identical if R₁ = R₂; moreover, the converse also holds.
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The velocity dispersions of early- and late-type galaxies in compact groups change little with groupcentric radius; the radii sampled are less than 100~h#123;-1#125; kpc, smaller than the radii typically sampled by members of massive clusters of galaxies.
The length of this line segment.
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This contribution reduces with increasing distance p from the emitting surface element dA, due to conservation of energy, as the wave energy distributed across the spherical wave front remains constant, while the radius increases during ...
Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.
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[…] I can do more with a Quadrant, Sextant or Octant, of 1 foot Radius, furniſhed with Teleſcopical Sights and Screws, then ^([sic]) can poſſibly be done with any other Inſtrument, furniſhed only with Common Sights, though 10, 20, 30, nay threeſcore foot Radius; […]
The minimum eccentricity of any vertex, for a given graph.
Verb
To give a rounded edge to.
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A comfortable grip is ensured by smoothing the surface of the handle and radiusing the edge.
Noun
the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
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a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)
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a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius
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they located it within a radius of 2 miles
the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm
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support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
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