radial

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ra=di=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

radial, a. [Cf. F. radial. See Radius.].

 Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zoöl.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.  [1913 Webster]

Radial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

radial, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of, concerning, or in rays.
2 a arranged like rays or radii; having the position or direction of a radius. b having spokes or radiating lines. c acting or moving along lines diverging from a centre.
3 Anat. relating to the radius (radial artery).
4 (in full radial-ply) (of a vehicle tyre) having the core fabric layers arranged radially at right angles to the circumference and the tread strengthened.
--n.
1 Anat. the radial nerve or artery.
2 a radial-ply tyre.

Idiom

radial engine an engine having cylinders arranged along radii. radial symmetry symmetry occurring about any number of lines or planes passing through the centre of an organism etc. radial velocity esp. Astron. the speed of motion along a radial line, esp. between a star etc. and an observer.

Derivative

radially adv.

Etymology

med.L radialis (as RADIUS)

THESAURUS

radial

approaching, asymptotic, centripetal, centrolineal, concurrent, confluent, confocal, connivent, converging, focal, meeting, mutually approaching, radiate, radiated, radiating, radiative, rayed, tangent, tangential, uniting