1.
[syn: actinoid, actinide, actinon]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. having a radial form;
- Example: "starfish are actinoid--that is, they are radially symmetrical"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Actinoid \Ac"tin*oid\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -oid.]
Having the form of rays; radiated, as an actinia.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
actinoid
adj 1: having a radial form; "starfish are actinoid--that is,
they are radially symmetrical"
n 1: any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers
89 through 103 [syn: actinoid, actinide, actinon]