radian

See also: radián

English

Etymology

From radius +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdiən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪdiən

Noun

radian (plural radians)

2. (geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle.

   Alternative forms: (symbols) rad, ^c

Derived terms

• microradian
• milliradian
• picoradian
• radiansphere
• steradian

Translations

unit

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: radián m
• Bulgarian: радиан m (radian)
• Catalan: radiant m, radian m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弧度 (zh) (húdù)

• Dutch: radiaal (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: radiaani (fi)
• French: radian (fr) m
• Galician: radián (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Radiant (de) m
• Greek: ακτίνιο (el) n (aktínio)
• Indonesian: radian (id)
• Irish: raidian m
• Italian: radiante (it) m
• Japanese: ラジアン (ja) (rajian)
• Latvian: radiāns m
• Malay: radian
• Polish: radian (pl) m
• Portuguese: radiano (pt) m
• Romanian: radian (ro)
• Russian: радиан (ru) (radian)
• Slovak: radián m
• Slovene: radian m
• Spanish: radián (es) m
• Swedish: radian (sv) c
• Tagalog: radyan
• Thai: เรเดียน (th) (ree-dîian)
• Turkish: radyan (tr)
• Welsh: radian m

See also

• degree
• gradian

Further reading

• radian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Adrian, Adrina, Ardian, Darian, ardian

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish radián.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /radian/ [ra.ð̞i.ãn], /radjan/ [ra.ð̞jãn]
• Rhymes: -ian, -an, -adjan, -an
• Hyphenation: ra‧di‧an

Noun

radian inan

1. radian

Declension

Declension of radian (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	radian	radiana	radianak	radianok
ergative	radianek	radianak	radianek	radianok
dative	radiani	radianari	radianei	radianoi
genitive	radianen	radianaren	radianen	radianon
comitative	radianekin	radianarekin	radianekin	radianokin
causative	radianengatik	radianarengatik	radianengatik	radianongatik
benefactive	radianentzat	radianarentzat	radianentzat	radianontzat
instrumental	radianez	radianaz	radianez	radianotaz
innesive	radianetan	radianean	radianetan	radianotan
locative	radianetako	radianeko	radianetako	radianotako
allative	radianetara	radianera	radianetara	radianotara
terminative	radianetaraino	radianeraino	radianetaraino	radianotaraino
directive	radianetarantz	radianerantz	radianetarantz	radianotarantz
destinative	radianetarako	radianerako	radianetarako	radianotarako
ablative	radianetatik	radianetik	radianetatik	radianotatik
partitive	radianik	—	—	—
prolative	radiantzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “radian”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

French

Etymology

From Latin radius (“spoke, staff”) + the suffix -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.djɑ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

radian m (plural radians)

1. radian

Descendants

• → Turkish: radyan

Further reading

• “radian”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• draina

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.djan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -adjan
• Syllabification: ra‧dian

Noun

radian m inan

1. radian

Declension

Declension of radian

	singular	plural
nominative	radian	radiany
genitive	radiana	radianów
dative	radianowi	radianom
accusative	radian	radiany
instrumental	radianem	radianami
locative	radianie	radianach
vocative	radianie	radiany

Further reading

• radian in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French radian.

Noun

radian m (plural radiani)

1. radian

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	radian	radianul		radiani	radianii
genitive-dative	radian	radianului		radiani	radianilor
vocative	radianule			radianilor

Spanish

Verb

radian

1. third-person plural present indicative of radiar

Swedish

Etymology

Equivalent to radie +‎ -an

Noun

radian c

1. radian (unit of angle)

Declension

Declension of radian

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	radian	radians
	definite	radianen	radianens
plural	indefinite	radianer	radianers
	definite	radianerna	radianernas

See also

• grad (“degree”)
• nygrad

References

• radian in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• radian in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• radian in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Adrian