# radial
## English
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), from Latin radius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹeɪdi.əl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

radial (comparative more radial, superlative most radial)
* Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.
    The spokes on most modern bicycle wheels are tangential to the hub rather than radial.
** 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3: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.
* (geometry) Of, or relating to a radius (line joining to a geometric centre).
    What is the relationship between arc length and radial length?
** Moving or acting along a radius.
    radial velocity
* (anatomy) Of, or relating to the radius bone.
* (entomology) Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it.
* (botany) Developing uniformly on all sides.
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* brachioradial
* circumradial
* corradial
* cubitoradial
* dorsoradial
* equiradial
* hexaradial
* humeroradial
* hyperradial
* interradial
* isoradial
* multiradial
* nonradial
* octoradial
* orthoradial
* pentaradial
* perradial
* quadriradial
* radial arm maze
* radial arm saw
* radial artery
* radial basis function
* radial bearing
* radial bone
* radial button
* radial canal
* radial chromatography
* radial cleavage
* radial collateral artery
* radial curve
* radial displacement
* radial distribution function
* radial embedding
* radial engine
* radial gate
* radial glial cell
* radial growth phase
* radial index artery
* radial integral
* radialise
* radiality
* radialization
* radialize
* radial keratotomy
* radial line
* radial menu
* radialmost
* radial nerve
* radial-ply tire, radial-ply tyre
* radial point
* radial saw
* radial shaft seal
* radial shield
* radial symmetry
* radial tire, radial tyre
* radial vein
* radial velocity
* scapuloradial
* semiradial
* tetraradial
* transradial
* triradial
* ulnoradial

#### Translations
### Noun

radial (plural radials)
* An item in a radial configuration, such as a spoke of a wheel.
** (in particular) One of a set of earthing wires arranged radially around the base of a wireless antenna.
* A radial tire / radial tyre.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Alarid, Ardila

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

radial (feminine radiale, masculine plural radiaux, feminine plural radiales)
* radial

### Further reading

* “radial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁaˈdi̯aːl/
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Adjective

radial (strong nominative masculine singular radialer, not comparable)
* radial

#### Declension
### Adverb

radial
* radially

## Indonesian
### Noun

radial (plural radial-radial)
* radian

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [ha.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈd͡ʒjaw/ [haˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [ha.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈd͡ʒjaw/ [haˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈaw/ [χa.d͡ʒɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁaˈd͡ʒjaw/ [χaˈd͡ʒjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈdjal/ [ʁɐˈðjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈdjal/ [ʁɐˈðjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɐˈdja.li/ [ʁɐˈðja.li]
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: ra‧di‧al

### Adjective

radial m or f (plural radiais)
* radial
* (relational) radio

#### Derived terms

* radialista
* radialmente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French radial.

### Adjective

radial m or n (feminine singular radială, masculine plural radiali, feminine and neuter plural radiale)
* radial

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From radio +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /raˈdjal/ [raˈð̞jal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ra‧dial

### Adjective

radial m or f (masculine and feminine plural radiales)
* radial
* (relational) radio

#### Derived terms

* braquiorradial
* estación radial
* radialmente

### Noun

radial f (plural radiales)
* angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)
    Synonyms: amoladora angular, amoladora, rebarbadora, esmeril angular

#### Related terms

* radio

### Noun

radial m (plural radiales)
* (geometry) radian

### Further reading

* “radial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10