Radius vs Diagonal - What's the difference?
radius | diagonal |
(anatomy) The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
(zoology) The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.
(entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media
(geometry) A line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center/centre.
(geometry) The length of this line segment.
(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
Having a slanted or oblique direction, lines or markings.
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Pertaining to the front left and back right (or the front right and back left) legs of a quadruped.
something arranged diagonally or obliquely
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
a punctuation mark used to separate related items of information
(geometry) a diagonal line or plane
(geometry) a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
As nouns the difference between radius and diagonal
is that radius is radius while diagonal is something arranged diagonally or obliquely.As an adjective diagonal is
(geometry) joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).radius
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* (vein of insect wing) RSee also
* ulna * semidiameter *Anagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----diagonal
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(wikipedia diagonal)Adjective
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