radial
IPA: rˈeɪdiʌɫ
noun
- A radial tire / radial tyre.
adjective
- Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre.
- Moving along a radius.
- (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.
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Examples of "radial" in Sentences
- Certain American radial engines were made previous to 1914, the principal being the Albatross six-cylinder engines of 50 and 100 horse-powers.
- Its twin radial J-type engines are capped in gleaming chrome and trail long delicate-looking finials behind the ship's single-pilot compartment.
- To answer your question though, in short, radial velocity speed at which an object is moving away from or toward an observer along the line of sight.
- Some of the largest structures we saw there were salt dome that had salt piercing in the center of them, and that piercing salt and generator resulted in a lot of what we call radial fault.
- I got unprecedented access to the headquarters of the infamous Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB, and in Leningrad I had an exclusive interview with Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov, the ophthalmologist who developed the revolutionary vision correction procedure known as radial keratotomy.
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