radius

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.3 References 3 Esperanto 3.1 Verb 4 French 4.1 Noun 4.2 Anagrams 5 Latin 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Inflection

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin radius (“‘ray’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdiəs

[edit] Noun

radius (plural radii or radiuses)

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

[edit] Related terms

• radial
• radiate, radiation

[edit] See also

• ulna
• semidiameter
• Radius (bone) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Radius (bone)

[edit] Translations

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• Alphagram: adirsu
• Darius

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Etymology

Latin radius.

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

1. radius.

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• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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[edit] Esperanto

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radius (conditional mood of radii)

1. would radiate

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[edit] French

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radius m. (plural radius)

1. (anatomy) radius

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• Alphagram: adirsu
• durais

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[edit] Latin

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radius (genitive radiī); m, second declension

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

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	radius	radiī
genitive	radiī	radiōrum
dative	radiō	radiīs
accusative	radium	radiōs
ablative	radiō	radiīs
vocative	radie	radiī