Radial
['reɪdɪəl] or ['redɪəl]
Definition
(noun.) pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing.
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light; 'radial heat' .
(adj.) relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius; 'radial velocity' .
(adj.) relating to or near the radius; 'the radial aspect of the forearm' .
Typed by Elbert--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.
Edited by Daniel
Definition
adj. shooting out like a ray or radius: pertaining to the radius of the forearm: (bot.) developing uniformly on all sides.—ns. Rādiā′le the radiocarpal bone:—pl. Rādiā′lia; Rādiā′lis a radial muscle artery or nerve:—pl. Rādiā′les; Rādialisā′tion arrangement in radiating forms.—v.t. Rā′dialise to make ray-like: to cause to radiate.—n. Rādial′ity radial symmetry.—adv. Rā′dially in the manner of a radius or of rays.—adjs. Rā′diocar′pal pertaining to the wrist or carpus; Rā′diomus′cular pertaining to the radius and to muscles; Rā′dio-ul′nar pertaining to the radius and the ulna.—Radial artery the smaller of the branches of the branchial artery at the elbow.
Checker: Vernon
Examples
- In the Report of the Jury the influence of the curved shape of the radial arms is considered very important in producing the effects. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- These stresses are results of the longitudinal and radial pressures of the gas developed by the ignition and explosion of the powder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The field magnets in the multipolar machine usually are arranged in radial position around the entire circumference of the revolving armature, and are held in a fixed circular frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Suppose the disc to be divided into eight compartments, by radial lines. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The disk has radial slits around its periphery, and is held with its figured face before a looking glass. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Edited by Linda