[syn: radial, stellate, radiate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Radial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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 center; 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: radial, stellate, radiate]
n 1: pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing [syn: radial,
radial tire, radial-ply tire]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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