radius

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Synonyms: radium, radious, radis, radios, badius, cadius, gradius

Antonyms: radium, radious, radis, radios, badius, cadius, gradius

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|anatomy}} The long [[bone]] in the [[forearm]], on the side of the [[thumb]].
2. {{lb|en|zoology}} The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.
3. {{lb|en|entomology}} One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the [[subcosta]] and the [[media]]; the vein running along the [[costal]] edge of the [[discal]] cell.
4. {{senseid|en|Q173817}} {{lb|en|geometry}} A line segment between any point of a [[circle]] or sphere and its center.
5. {{lb|en|geometry}} The length of this line segment.
6. Anything resembling a radius, such as the [[spoke]] of a [[wheel]], the movable arm of a [[sextant]], or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.
7. {{lb|en|graph theory}} The [[minimum]] [[eccentricity]] of any [[vertex]], for a given [[graph]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To give a rounded edge to.

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