[rey-dee-uh
l] 
| 1. | arranged like radii or rays. |
| 2. | having spokes, bars, lines, etc., arranged like radii, as a machine. |
| 3. | made in the direction of a radius; going from the center outward or from the circumference inward along a radius: a radial cut. |
| 4. | Zoology. pertaining to structures that radiate from a central point, as the arms of a starfish. |
| 5. | of, like, or pertaining to a radius or a ray. |
| 6. | Machinery.
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| 7. | Anatomy, Entomology. of, pertaining to, or situated near the radius. |
| 8. | acting along or in the direction of the radius of a circle: radial motion; radial velocity. |
| a motor-vehicle tire in which the plies or cords run from one bead to the other at right angles to both beads. |
| ra·di·al (rā'dē-əl) adj.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin radiālis, from Latin radius, ray.] ra'di·al·ly adv. |
radial ra·di·al (rā'dē-əl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or near the radius or forearm.
Moving or directed along a radius.
Radiating from or converging to a common center.
