Definitions
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin radius (“ray”). Doublet of ray.
Used in a sentence
“It is also obvious, and proved by experiment, that the rotatory motions observed in the hand proceed from the rotatory motions of the radius.”
“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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Distance from center”6 letters
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