"radial" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹeɪdi.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-radial.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more radial [comparative], most radial [superlative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), from Latin radius. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|radiālis|t=radial}} Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), {{der|en|la|radius}} Latin radius Head templates: {{en-adj}} radial (comparative more radial, superlative most radial)
  1. Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre. Translations (arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common center): радиален (radialen) (Bulgarian), radial (Catalan), paprsčitý (Czech), paprskovitý (Czech), radiální (Czech), säteittäinen (Finnish), säde- (Finnish), säteittäis- (Finnish), säteis- (Finnish), sädemäinen (Finnish), radiaali (Finnish), radiaalinen (Finnish), radial (French), strahlenförmig (German), strahlig (German), radial (German), ακτινοειδής (aktinoeidís) (Greek), radial (Occitan), radial (Portuguese), radial (Romanian), радиальный (radialʹnyj) (Russian), лучевой (lučevoj) (Russian), radial (Spanish), radiell (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-radial-en-adj-aUpG3NUH Disambiguation of 'arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common center': 75 5 5 3 5 4 4
  2. (geometry) Of, or relating to a radius (line joining to a geometric centre). Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-radial-en-adj-XBGnWEjk Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  3. (geometry) Of, or relating to a radius (line joining to a geometric centre).
    Moving or acting along a radius.
    Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (moving along a radius): радиален (radialen) (Bulgarian), radial (Portuguese), радиальный (radialʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-radial-en-adj-5xpn21WW Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'moving along a radius': 3 18 41 10 17 5 7
  4. (anatomy) Of, or relating to the radius bone. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (of, or relating to the radius bone): радиусов (radiusov) (Bulgarian), radial (Catalan), värttinäluu- (Finnish), лучевой (lučevoj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-radial-en-adj-2UMPQpcp Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'of, or relating to the radius bone': 1 9 10 63 13 1 1
  5. (entomology) Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it. Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-radial-en-adj-GU1FIbqK Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  6. (botany) Developing uniformly on all sides. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-radial-en-adj-zw1-kf1q Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  7. (of a vehicle tyre) Having reinforcing cords placed in parallel across the tyre at 90 degrees to the direction of travel, especially as contrasted with cross-ply; see also radial tyre.
    Sense id: en-radial-en-adj-lIh8TcFX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹeɪdi.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-radial.wav [Southern-England] Forms: radials [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), from Latin radius. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|radiālis|t=radial}} Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), {{der|en|la|radius}} Latin radius Head templates: {{en-noun}} radial (plural radials)
  1. An item in a radial configuration, such as a spoke of a wheel.
    Sense id: en-radial-en-noun-8IajNDf5
  2. (in particular) One of a set of earthing wires arranged radially around the base of a wireless antenna.
    Sense id: en-radial-en-noun-Kk43AL4O
  3. A radial tire / radial tyre. Translations (tire): радиална гума (radialna guma) (Bulgarian), vyörengas (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-radial-en-noun-VYS1vUm- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 4 3 7 12 20 3 10 34 Disambiguation of 'tire': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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          "radial tyre",
          "radial tyre"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹeɪdi.əl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-radial.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-radial.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-radial.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-radial.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-radial.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "radialna guma",
      "sense": "tire",
      "word": "радиална гума"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tire",
      "word": "vyörengas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "radial"
}

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