Radial

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Radial \Ra"di*al\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*al), 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;
     (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {Radial symmetry}. (Biol.) See under {Symmetry}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  radial
       adj 1: relating to or near the radius; "the radial aspect of the
              forearm"
       2: relating to or moving along or having the direction of a
          radius; "radial velocity"
       3: issuing in rays from a common centerXs; relating to rays of
          light; "radial heat"
       4: 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" [syn: {stellate}]
       n : pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing [syn: {radial tire},
            {radial-ply tire}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "radial":
     approaching, asymptotic, centripetal, centrolineal, concurrent,
     confluent, confocal, connivent, converging, focal, meeting,
     mutually approaching, radiate, radiated, radiating, radiative,
     rayed, tangent, tangential, uniting