radius

//ˈreɪdiəs//
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Visual representation of radius

Noun

radiusSingular
radiiPlural
1

A straight line from the center of a circle or sphere to any point on its circumference or surface.

The radius of this circle is 5 centimeters.

2

The length of such a line; the distance from the center to the edge of a circle or sphere.

The radius of this circle is 5 centimeters.

3

A specified distance from a central point, defining a circular area.

There are several good restaurants within a five-kilometer radius of the hotel.

4

The thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm, on the thumb side.

She fractured her radius when she fell off her bicycle.

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