radial

[ rey-dee-uh l ]

/ ˈreɪ di əl /

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adjective

arranged like radii or rays.

having spokes, bars, lines, etc., arranged like radii, as a machine.

made in the direction of a radius; going from the center outward or from the circumference inward along a radius: a radial cut.

Zoology. pertaining to structures that radiate from a central point, as the arms of a starfish.

of, like, or pertaining to a radius or a ray.

Machinery.

having pistons moving inward and outward from a central point or shaft: a radial engine; a radial pump.
noting a bearing designed primarily to take thrusts radial to the center of rotation.

Anatomy, Entomology. of, relating to, or situated near the radius.

acting along or in the direction of the radius of a circle: radial motion; radial velocity.

noun

a radial section or construction.

Automotive. radial tire.

Origin of radial

1560–70; < Medieval Latin radiālis, equivalent to Latin radi(us) beam, ray (see radius) + -ālis -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM radial

ra·di·al·i·ty, noun ra·di·al·ly, adverb mul·ti·ra·di·al, adjective

Words nearby radial

radhakrishnan, radi-, radiability, radiable, radiad, radial, radial artery, radial artery , radial collateral artery, radial drilling machine, radial engine

Example sentences from the Web for radial

The chimneys, except for the octagonal red-brick base, are constructed of the radial perforated bricks.

The New York Subway |Anonymous
When a radial face or surface is convex, it is said to be rounding or round, and when it is concave it is said to be hollow.

Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II |Joshua Rose
The hand deviates to the radial side, and thereby still further increases the prominence caused by the lower end of the ulna.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
The propeller at B is simply a tin disc with radial cuts, each sector being twisted at an angle by a pair of pliers.

Toy-Making in School and Home |Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne

Pores regular, oblong, disposed regularly in sixty to eighty radial series; fourteen to sixteen on the radius.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for radial

radial

/ (ˈreɪdɪəl) /

adjective

(of lines, bars, beams of light, etc) emanating from a common central point; arranged like the radii of a circle

of, like, or relating to a radius or ray

spreading out or developing uniformly on all sides

of or relating to the arms of a starfish or similar radiating structures

anatomy of or relating to the radius or forearm

astronomy (of velocity) in a direction along the line of sight of a celestial object and measured by means of the red shift (or blue shift) of the spectral lines of the object Compare tangential (def. 2)

noun

a radial part or section

zoology

any of the basal fin rays of most bony fishes
a radial or radiating structure, such as any of the ossicles supporting the oral disc of a sea star

short for radial tyre, radial drilling machine

Derived forms of radial

radially, adverb

Word Origin for radial

C16: from Medieval Latin radiālis from radius

Medical definitions for radial

radial

[ rā′dē-əl ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or near the radius or forearm.

Moving or directed along a radius.

Radiating from or converging to a common center.

Other words from radial

ra′di•al•ly adv.

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