| 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 |
spoke
wheel spoke
radius | support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim |
| radial symmetry | the property of symmetry about an axis, the starfish illustrates radial symmetry |
| radial asymmetry | the absence of symmetry about an axis |
radius
r | the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere |
| radius of curvature | the radius of the circle of curvature, the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point |
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 |
| radius | the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm |
| radius vector | a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system |
| radius vector | a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating |
| radius | a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius, they located it within a radius of miles |
| radius | a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere) |
| 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 |
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 |