radius
გამოთქმა:
/ˈreɪdɪəs/
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Universal
1a straight line from the centre to the circumference of a circle or sphere. a radial line from the focus to any point of a curve. a specified distance from a centre in all directions:there are plenty of local pubs within a two-mile radius
2 Anatomy the thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm. Compare with ulna. Zoology the bone in a vertebrate’s foreleg or a bird’s wing that corresponds to the radius in a human being. Entomology any of the main veins in an insect’s wing.
3 Zoology a radially symmetric feature in an echinoderm or coelenterate, e.g. an arm of a starfish.
give a rounded form to (a corner or edge).