Radius

Noun

 * 1)  The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
 * 2)  The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.
 * 3)  A line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center/centre.
 * 4)  The length of this line segment.

Related terms

 * radial
 * radiate, radiation

Thesaurus
O, air line, ambit, amplitude, annular muscle, annulus, approach, area, areola, asymptote, aureole, axis, beeline, bigness, body, bore, bottleneck, breadth, bulk, caliber, carry, chaplet, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, circus, closed circle, collision course, compass, concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congress, convergence, converging, corona, coronet, coverage, crossing, crown, cycle, depth, diadem, diagonal, diameter, diapason, diffusion, dimension, dimensions, direct line, directrix, discus, disk, dispersion, edge, emanation, eternal return, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, fairy ring, focalization, focus, funnel, gamut, garland, gauge, girth, glory, great-circle course, greatness, halo, height, hub, largeness, lasso, length, logical circle, loop, looplet, magic circle, magnitude, mass, measure, measurement, meeting, mutual approach, narrowing gap, noose, normal, orbit, perpendicular, proportion, proportions, purview, radiance, radiation, radius vector, range, ray, reach, register, right line, ring, rondelle, round, roundel, saucer, scale, scattering, scope, secant, segment, semidiameter, shortcut, side, size, spectrum, sphincter, spoke, spokes, spread, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straightaway, streamline, stretch, sweep, tangent, transversal, vector, vicious circle, volume, wheel, width, wreath

Etymology
From radius:

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: лъчева кост
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: radius
 * German: ,
 * Greek: κερκίς
 * Hungarian: orsócsont
 * Ido:
 * Irish: gaghéag


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 橈骨 (とうこつ, tōkotsu)
 * Korean: 노뼈 (noppyeo), 요골 (撓骨, yogol)
 * Mandarin:
 * Portuguese: rádio
 * Russian: лучевая кость (lučevája kost’)
 * Serbian: žbica
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: променева кістка
 * Volapük: radiut


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ακτίνα
 * Hungarian: sugár
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Japanese: 半径 (はんけい, hankei)


 * Korean: 반지름 (banjireum)
 * Macedonian:, полупречник
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: полупречник
 * Roman: poluprečnik
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: raid


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Halbmesser, Radius
 * Hungarian: sugár
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish:
 * Japanese: 半径 (はんけい, hankei)


 * Korean: 반지름 (banjireum)
 * Macedonian:, полупречник
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: полупречник
 * Roman: poluprečnik
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: raid

Anagrams

 * Darius

Noun
radius (line segment or length of this line segment).


 * 1) radius.

Etymology
radius.

Verb
radius



Noun

 * 1)  radius

Anagrams

 * durais

Noun

 * 1)  radius (bone)
 * 2)  radius (line segment)
 * 3)  radius (length of that line segment)

Noun

 * 1) ray (of light)
 * 2) staff, rod
 * 3) spoke (of a wheel)

Descendants

 * English:, ray
 * French: ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Venetian: