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Word: Radius
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (in radius (sense 2 of the noun)): from Latin, literally ‘staff, spoke, ray’
ˈreɪdɪəs
a straight line from the centre to the circumference of a circle or sphere.
Short Definition:straight line from centre to circumference of circle or sphere
the thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm.
Short Definition:thicker and shorter of two bones in human forearm
a radially symmetric feature in an echinoderm or coelenterate, e.g. an arm of a starfish.
Short Definition:radially symmetric feature in echinoderm
Word: Radius
Speech Type: Verb
ˈreɪdɪəs
give a rounded form to (a corner or edge)
Short Definition:give rounded form to
Examples:- Brian carefully radiused all the sharp edges and corners
- the radiused edges feel sleek and unobtrusive in the hand
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