radial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: radial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for radial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radial adj relating to or near the radius; "the radial aspect of the forearm" relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius; "radial velocity" issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light; "radial heat" 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" Synonym(s): radial, stellate, radiate n pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing [syn: radial, radial tire, radial-ply tire]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Radial \Ra"dial\, a. [Cf. F. radial. See {Radius}.] Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial* projections; (Zo[94]l.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery. {Radial symmetry}. (Biol.) See under {Symmetry}.