What is the difference between radial and radius?
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Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre.
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Moving along a radius.
(anatomy) Of, or relating to the radius bone.
(entomology) Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it.
(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.
Radius is a related term of radial.
In anatomy terms the difference between radial and radius
is that radial is of, or relating to the radius bone while radius is the long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.In entomology terms the difference between radial and radius
is that radial is of, or relating to the radius vein, and/or the wing areas next to it while radius is one of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media.As nouns the difference between radial and radius
is that radial is a radial tire / radial tyre while radius is the long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.As an adjective radial
is arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre.radial
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(en adjective)citation, passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.}}