Hypertext Webster Gateway: "radial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Radial \Ra"di*al\, a. [Cf. F. radial. See {Radius}.]
Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like,
radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections;
(Zo["o]l.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial
artery.
{Radial symmetry}. (Biol.) See under {Symmetry}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
radial
adj 1: relating to or near the radius; "the radial aspect of the
forearm"
2: relating to or moving along or having the direction of a
radius; "radial velocity"
3: issuing in rays; relating to rays of light; "intense radial
heat"
4: arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center;
"radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of
petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main
highways" [syn: {stellate}]
n : pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing [syn: {radial tire},
{radial-ply tire}]
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