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Definition of Radial

1. Adjective. Relating to or near the radius. "The radial aspect of the forearm"

2. Noun. Pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing.

3. Adjective. Relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius. "Radial velocity"

4. Adjective. Issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light. "Radial heat"

5. Adjective. Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center. "Many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"

Definition of Radial

1. a. Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zoöl.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.

Definition of Radial

1. Adjective. arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre ¹

2. Adjective. moving along a radius ¹

3. Adjective. (anatomy) of, or relating to the radius bone ¹

4. Noun. a radial tire / radial tyre ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Radial

1. a part diverging from a center [n -S]

Medical Definition of Radial

1. Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, the radial artery. Radial symmetry. See Symmetry. Origin: Cf. F. Radial. See Radius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Radial

radgepackets radger radges radgest radgie radgie gadgie radgie gadgies radgies radgin radhakrishnaite

radi-ate-veined radiability radiable radiad radiaesthesia radial (current term) radial-ply radial-ply tire radial acceleration radial arm saw

radial artery radial asymmetry radial bearing radial border of forearm radial canal radial clubhand radial collateral artery radial collateral ligament

Literary usage of Radial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"The radial nerve passes along the front of the radial side of the forearm to the ... It lies at first a little to the outer side of the radial artery, ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The radial artery, commencing at the point of bifurcation of the brachial ... The radial artery appears by its direction to be the continuation of the ..."

3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"The purely radial form of cleavage, in which a series of "meridional" furrows alternate with a series of "equatorial" ones, and in which the cleavage cells ..."

4. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"This classification of animals based on superficial ances naturally had to be given up, but nevertheless the :ion " animals with radial symmetry " is ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"AMONG the first things which we record in the every-day examina- ton of a patient is the palpability and consistency of the radial artery. ..."

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