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Radius - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Amplitude, Annulus, Area, Areola, Asymptote, Aureole, Axis, Body, Bore, Bottleneck, Bulk, Caliber, Chord, Circle, Circuit, Circumference, Circus |
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The word radius (Latin for "wheel spoke"; plural radii, pronounced ray-dee-eye) has several meanings in English:
- In classical geometry, a radius of a circle or sphere is any line segment with one endpoint on the circle (i.e., the circular boundary) and the other at the center of the circle. By extension, the radius of a circle or sphere is the length of any such segment.
- RADIUS is a remote access and dial-in protocol.
- Radius Fidonet mailer is an Argus successor.
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Example Usage of Radius |
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JackCrackerMan: At axis Radius for my friend, Dj Jared's bday. |
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willibaldoea: Dude, every 12 year old in a five-mile Radius is here. F'ing New Moon. |
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MsRachal: @CliftonsNotes people that are starving within a mile Radius of them? |
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