fracture
crack
cracking | the act of cracking something |
| radial keratotomy | radial pattern of incisions in the cornea that cause the cornea to bulge, performed to correct myopia |
radial
radial tire
radial-ply tire | pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing |
radial engine
rotary engine | an internalombustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase |
| radial symmetry | the property of symmetry about an axis, the starfish illustrates radial symmetry |
| radial asymmetry | the absence of symmetry about an axis |
radial artery
arteria radialis | branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palm |
radial vein
vena radialis | superficial veins ascending the radial side of the forearm, combines with the ulnar veins to form the brachial vein |
radial nerve
nervus radialis
musculospiral nerve | largest branch of the brachial plexus, extends down the humerus to the lateral epicondyle where it divides into one branch that goes to the skin on the back of the hand and another that goes to the underlying extensor muscles |
crack
cracking
snap | a sudden sharp noise, the crack of a whip, he heard the cracking of the ice, he can hear the snap of a twig |
| cracking | the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oilefining process) |
| radial pulse | pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist) |
| radial velocity | velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer |
get cracking
bestir oneself
get going
get moving
get weaving
get started
get rolling | start to be active, Get cracking, please! |
f bang-up
bully
corking
cracking
dandy
great
groovy
keen
neat
nifty
not bad(p)
peachy
slap-up
swell
smashing | very good, he did a bully job, a neat sports car, had a great time at the party, you look simply smashing |
radial
stellate
radiate | arranged like rays or radii, radiating from a common center, radial symmetry, a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals, many cities show a radial pattern of main highways |
| radial-ply | of or relating to automobile tires that have a strip under the tread and relatively little stiffening in the sidewalls, radial-ply tires |
| radial | issuing in rays from a common center, relating to rays of light, radial heat |
| radial | relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius, radial velocity |
| radial | relating to or near the radius, the radial aspect of the forearm |