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radii

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for radii.

Editorial note

The result is that those sharp unpleasant feeling corners are now silky smooth, around a 1 mm radii.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of radii gathered in one view.

noun

Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.

noun

(geometry) A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.

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(geometry) The length of this line segment.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for radii.

noun

Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.

noun

(geometry) A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.

noun

(geometry) The length of this line segment.

noun

(anatomy) The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.

Example sentences

1

The result is that those sharp unpleasant feeling corners are now silky smooth, around a 1 mm radii.

2

It's about 60 radii away, so not that asymmetric, but the near-side tides will be higher.

3

So it was postulated that they moved in epicycles (circles of circles of circles..., as pictured in this codepen) of varying radii.

4

This model was able to represent all the data astronomers collected, but did not explain why the radii were what they were.

5

They would need to adapt it however, to allow objects to move (to pass in and out of other objects' interaction radii).

6

Most cell radii is in the 1 - 5 mile type of range usually.

7

This trickery is all box shadows and border radii, which go back to IE8.

8

We scoured the neighborhood in larger and larger radii, exploring til we found danger, excitement, or boredom.

9

As an ellipse, you can certainly ask it for major and minor radii.

10

Ellipses have major and minor radii; in circles, both are the same length.

11

According to specialization by constraint when an ellipse has equal radii then it is both an ellipse and a circle, therefore a circle isa ellipse, therefore a circle is a subtype of ellipse.

12

The colors and atomic radii are all given in one large dictionary.

Quote examples

1

At "desk fan power levels", buffeting is a non-issue beyond a few fan-blade radii distances from the rotor.

2

If Circle were a subclass of AbstractEllipse, which itself also had a concrete Ellipse subclass, Circle might implement both major and minor radii "properties" in terms of a single field.

3

And the article you linked has a good point; if we called τ a "turn", statements about getting arc lengths from angles and radii would translate to natural language much better.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use radii in a sentence?

The result is that those sharp unpleasant feeling corners are now silky smooth, around a 1 mm radii.

What does radii mean?

Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.

What part of speech is radii?

radii is commonly used as noun.