Synonyms for radial


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rey-dee-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ di əl


Définition of radial

Origin :
  • c.1400, "of or like a ray or radius," from Medieval Latin radialis, from Latin radius "shaft, rod; spoke of a wheel; beam of light" (see radius). As a noun, a type of tire, attested from 1965, short for radial-ply (tire). Related: Radially.
  • adj branching
Example sentences :
  • The radial velocity is, numerically, greater than could have been supposed.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on Stellar Statistics » by Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier
  • The first three have bilateral, the last has radial symmetry.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • By this process, only the central boards would be radial or "rift" boards.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • That the positions of the camera should not be parallel but radial.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 » by Various
  • But this radial formula is just as applicable to Richardson's E. lucius: 'D.
  • Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
  • The radial formula of its fins and size of scales are also much the same.
  • Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
  • They are the straight-line engine, the V-type, and the radial.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Aircraft » by Lawrence Yard Smith
  • Six radial spines three-sided prismatic, half as broad as the inner medullary shell, with three dentated edges.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Both shells connected by six radial beams, which are three-sided prismatical, opposite in pairs in the three dimensive axes.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Twelve to twenty radial spines pyramidal, longer than the radius, scarcely as broad as one mesh at the base.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel

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