Radial

//ˈɹeɪdi.əl//

"Radial" in a Sentence (8 examples)

But it is not only the flag itself that elicits strong reactions. In some cases, just the radial pattern design of the flag is enough.

All radial streets lead to the center of the settlement.

A blood-pressure band, or tourniquet, is placed about the arm, and the pressure increased until the forearm becomes cyanosed and the radial pulse is almost obliterated.

The spokes on most modern bicycle wheels are tangential to the hub rather than radial.

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.

What is the relationship between arc length and radial length?

radial velocity

Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.

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