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Synonyms for radius

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rey-dee-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ di əs

Top 10 synonyms for radius
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Définition of radius

Origin :
  • 1590s, "cross-shaft," from Latin radius "staff, stake, rod; spoke of a wheel; ray of light, beam of light; radius of a circle," of unknown origin. Perhaps related to radix "root," but Tucker suggests connection to Sanskrit vardhate "rises, makes grow," via root *neredh- "rise, out, extend forth;" or else Greek ardis "sharp point."
  • The geometric sense first recorded 1610s. Plural is radii. Meaning "circular area of defined distance around some place" is attested from 1953. Meaning "shorter bone of the forearm" is from 1610s in English (the Latin word had been used thus by the Romans).
  • noun range, sweep
Example sentences :
  • Delve from the surface of your sphere to its heart, and at once your radius joins every other.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • R represents the radius of the curve upon which the vehicle is moving.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • If he kept her out of the radius of disapproval, she might never feel a shadow of regret.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • It was then that Wilson stepped into the radius of shallow light.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • There isn't a well like mine in a radius of a hundred miles.
  • Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
  • To double-check, he used the radius of the Galaxy as base to calculate the distance.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • Within a radius of five miles of its base, the city was plunged into darkness.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • From half this radius, marked 1, draw a line to apex, marked 2.
  • Extract from : « The Theory and Practice of Perspective » by George Adolphus Storey
  • They must not, indeed they cannot, be properly prophetic within the radius.
  • Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
  • Within a radius of three miles of Ammons three tractors ran all day.
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
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