RADIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radial mean? 

• RADIAL (noun)
  The noun RADIAL has 1 sense:

1. pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing

  Familiarity information: RADIAL used as a noun is very rare.

• RADIAL (adjective)
  The adjective RADIAL has 4 senses:

1. relating to or near the radius

2. relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius

3. issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light

4. arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

  Familiarity information: RADIAL used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

radial; radial-ply tire; radial tire

Hypernyms ("radial" is a kind of...):

pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre (a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc)

• RADIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or near the radius

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the radial aspect of the forearm

Pertainym:

radius (the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm)

Derivation:

radius (the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

radial velocity

Pertainym:

radius (a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere))

Derivation:

radius (a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

radial heat

Pertainym:

ray (a column of light (as from a beacon))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

Synonyms:

radial; radiate; stellate

Context example:

many cities show a radial pattern of main highways

Similar:

symmetric; symmetrical (having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts)

 Context examples 

The fourth finger from the radial side of the hand.

(Hand Digit 4, NCI Thesaurus)

A bone in the fifth and smallest finger from the radial side of the hand.

(Hand Digit 5 Phalanx, NCI Thesaurus)

A bone in the second finger from the radial side of the hand, next to the thumb

(Hand Digit 2 Phalanx, NCI Thesaurus)

A bone in the middle or third finger from the radial side of the hand.

(Hand Digit 3 Phalanx, NCI Thesaurus)

The fifth and smallest finger from the radial side of the hand.

(Hand Digit 5, NCI Thesaurus)

The collision ripped the dwarf to shreds, leaving its stars moving on very radial orbits, like needles.

(The Gaia Sausage: the major collision that changed the Milky Way, University of Cambridge)

The second finger from the radial side of the hand, next to the thumb.

(Hand Digit 2, NCI Thesaurus)

The middle or third finger from the radial side of the hand.

(Hand Digit 3, NCI Thesaurus)

A bone in the fourth finger from the radial side of the hand.

(Hand Digit 4 Phalanx, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle in the forearm running from the head of the humerus to the radial side of the wrist that flexes and radially abducts the hand.

(Flexor Carpi Radialis, NCI Thesaurus)