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Radial   /rˈeɪdiəl/   Listen
Radial

adjective
1.
Relating to or near the radius.
2.
Relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius.
3.
Issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light.
4.
Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center.  Synonyms: radiate, stellate.  "A starlike or stellate arrangement of petals" , "Many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"



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"Radial" Quotes from Famous Books



... with the outer stationary case, d, and its concentric inner cylinder or flanges, x, of the eccentric wheel, ring or rim, c, fast to the rotating shaft and carrying radial slides or pistons for simultaneous action and exposure to the steam or fluid in chambers, y and z, on opposite sides or peripheries of the ring, c, essentially ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various

... which it owed its origin, the central crater of Epomeo apparently remained inactive. All the later eruptions occurred either on the external flanks of the mountain or on radial fractures of the cone.[22] Trippiti, Lo Toppo, Montagnone and the Lago del Bagno (b, j, n, p) lie in one line, Vetta and Cremate (c, s) on another, and Garofoli and Vatoliere (d, e) on a third, all passing through a point near the ...
— A Study of Recent Earthquakes • Charles Davison

... symmetry is to be seen, but in the star-fish and sea-urchins, and in the jelly-fish, corals, sea anemones, and hydra, the general form of the animal is, instead, arranged round a centre, like a star and its rays, and the symmetry is called radial. ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells



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